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Our New Husbands Are Here: Households, Gender, and Politics in a West African State from the Slave Trade to Colonial Rule - New African Histories Emily Lynn Osborn
Our New Husbands Are Here: Households, Gender, and Politics in a West African State from the Slave Trade to Colonial Rule - New African Histories
Emily Lynn Osborn
Investigates a central puzzle of power and politics in West African history: Why do women figure frequently in the political narratives of the precolonial period, and then vanish altogether with colonization? This book addresses this question by exploring the relationship of the household to the state.
288 pages, illustrations, maps
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 10, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780821419830 |
| Publishers | Ohio University Press |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 226 × 152 × 20 mm · 458 g |
| Language | English |