the struggle for respectability and self-reliance in colonial East Africa
First Statement of Responsibility
Corrie Decker.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
First edition
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(xii, 254 pages)
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Inducting girls into the regime of respectability --;Training girls for colonial development --;Writing self-reliance in respectability --;Developing agents of mobility --;Mobilizing women during the time of politics.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The experiences of African women in the era before independence remain a woefully understudied facet of African history. This innovative and carefully argued study thus adds tremendously to our understanding of colonial history by focusing on women's education, professionalization, and political mobilization in the East African islands of Zanzibar.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Professional education of women -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar.
Women -- Education -- Social aspects -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar.
Women -- Political activity -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar.