| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 285 pages) : maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-278) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Currencies -- Introduction: Prostitution in Comparative Perspective; or, Casual Sex and Casual Labor -- Livestock, Labor, and Reproduction: Prostitution in Nairobi and the East African Protectorate, ca. 1900-1918 -- Prostitution and Housing in Nairobi, 1919-29 -- Malaya Prostitution, 1930-39 -- Prostitution, Production, and Accumulation: The Originsand Development of the Wazi-Wazi Form in Pumwani,1936-45 -- Constructing Classes: Gender, Housing, and theState in Kenya -- Prostitution in Nairobi during World War II, 1939-45 -- Prostitution, Crime, and Politics in Nairobi, 1946-63 -- Women, Wage Labor, and the Limits of Colonial Control -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Summary |
"This history is ... the first fully-fleshed story of African Nairobi in all of its complexity which foregrounds African experiences. Given the overwhelming white dominance in the written sources, it is a remarkable achievement."--Claire Robertson, International Journal of African Historical Studies "White's book ... takes a unique approach to a largely unexplored aspect of African History. It enhances our understanding of African social history, political economy, and gender studies. It is a book that deserves to be widely read."--Elizabeth Schmidt, American Historical R. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Prostitution -- Kenya -- Nairobi -- History.
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Prostitution. |
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Kenya -- Nairobi. |
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History. |
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Women -- Kenya -- Social conditions.
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Women. |
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Kenya. |
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Social conditions. |
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Working class women -- Kenya -- Social conditions.
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Working class women. |
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Kenya -- Colonial influence.
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Colonial influence. |
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Kenya -- Social conditions.
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| Indexed Term |
Prostitution History |
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Kenya |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Female prostitution. |
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Prostitution. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: White, Luise. Comforts of home. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1990 (DLC) 90034266 |
| ISBN |
9780226895000 (electronic book) |
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0226895009 (electronic book) |
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9780226895062 (alkaline paper) |
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0226895068 (alkaline paper) |
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0226895068 (alkaline paper) |
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0226895076 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780226895079 |
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