02856nam 2200685 450 991045982400332120200520144314.00-8214-4501-4(CKB)3710000000260140(EBL)1813361(SSID)ssj0001350322(PQKBManifestationID)11773021(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001350322(PQKBWorkID)11288831(PQKB)11698200(MiAaPQ)EBC1813361(Au-PeEL)EBL1813361(CaPaEBR)ebr10953535(OCoLC)903422892(EXLCZ)99371000000026014020141020h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrMaking modern girls a history of girlhood, labor, and social development in colonial Lagos /Abosede A. GeorgeAthens, Ohio :Ohio University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (313 p.)New African HistoriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8214-2116-6 0-8214-2115-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIn Making Modern Girls, Abosede A. George examines the influence of African social reformers and the developmentalist colonial state on the practice and ideology of girlhood as well as its intersection with child labor in Lagos, Nigeria. It draws from gender studies, generational studies, labor history, and urban history to shed new light on the complex workings of African cities from the turn of the twentieth century through the nationalist era of the 1950's. The two major schemes at the center of this study were the modernization project of elite Lagosian women and the salvationist projectNew African histories series.GirlsNigeriaLagosHistory20th centuryChild laborNigeriaLagosHistory20th centuryPeddlersNigeriaLagosHistory20th centuryPublic welfareNigeriaLagosHistory20th centurySocial changeNigeriaLagosLagos (Nigeria)Social conditions20th centuryGreat BritainColoniesSocial policyElectronic books.GirlsHistoryChild laborHistoryPeddlersHistoryPublic welfareHistorySocial change305.2308209669/1George Abosede A.910977MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459824003321Making modern girls2039215UNINA