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Autore |
Penvenne Jeanne |
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Women, Migration & the Cashew Economy in Southern Mozambique / / Jeanne Penvenne |
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[Place of publication not identified] : , : Boydell & Brewer, , 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xix, 281 pages) : illustrations some color |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cashew nut industry |
Women |
Economic history |
Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A century of contestation around cashews -- Tarana: History from the factory floor -- Migration : pathways from poverty to Tarana -- Lives around livelihoods: 'Children are not like chickens' -- African urban families in the late Colonial Era: agency -- Conclusions -- Epilogue: Mozambique's cashew economy, 1975-2014. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Analyses the lives and livelihoods of the female cashew shellers in Mozambique's capital in the colonial era, during which the industry grew to be a major export, and relates how the women played a fundamental, but previously underappreciated, role in the colony's economy. |
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