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Sharing the same bowl?: a socioeconomic history of women and class in Accra, Ghana

Robertson, Claire C., 1944-

Year: c1984.

Publisher: Indiana University Press.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Plates

Acknowledgements

Prologue

Chapter I Women and Socicoeconomic Change

Chapter II The Historical Context: Accra and Economic Change

Chapter III The Social Context: Female Strategies in a Male-dominated System

Portrait 1 Mary Koko Solomon

Chapter IV Decline in the Terms of Trade: a History of Four Trades

Portrait 2 Naa Kowa

Chaoter V Changes in the Female Hierarchy: Access to Capital and the Impact of Formal Education

Portrait 3 Naa Afuwa

Chapter VI Social Aspects of Deprivation: Change in Marriage and Dependency Patterns, Help from Dispersed Family Members

Portrait 4 Kate Mensah

Chapter VII Conclusions

Appendix A Cost of Living and Currency

Bibliography

Index

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Title:

Sharing the same bowl? : a socioeconomic history of women and class in Accra, Ghana Claire C. Robertson.

Author:

Robertson, Claire C., 1944-

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Sharing the same bowl? : a socioeconomic history of women and class in Accra, Ghana Claire C. Robertson.
Robertson, Claire C., 1944-
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1984.

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Subject Headings:

• Women -- Ghana -- Accra -- Economic conditions
• Women -- Ghana -- Accra -- Social conditions
• Women -- Ghana -- Accra -- Case studies
• Gã (African people)
• Social classes -- Ghana -- Accra

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