{"product_id":"women-power-and-economic-change-9780804712248","title":"Women Power and Economic Change","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, the author examines the impact of colonialism and the cash economy on the Nandi, a semi-pastoral and patrilineal people of western Kenya, emphasizing changes in women's and men's economic roles and their respective relations to property and to each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Interesting case studies of African women ... They combine to make a book which offers a variety of readable material, generally free from specialist vocabulary and polemical tone. It can be recommended to anyone curious about the lives of African women.' Shirley Ardener, The Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction  2. Nandi society, then and now  3. General ethnography of gender roles  4. Marriage  5. Colonialism, neocolonialism, and economic change  6. Production of the family estate  7. Rights in the family estate  8. Sexual stratification and socioeconomic change  Appendix  Index.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405399499095,"sku":"9780804712248","price":71.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804712248.jpg?v=1730491124","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-power-and-economic-change-9780804712248","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}