LEADER 03294nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910781971703321 005 20230126202604.0 010 $a0-8214-4397-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000062202 035 $a(EBL)1762847 035 $a(OCoLC)760413471 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000565756 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11319165 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565756 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10533188 035 $a(PQKB)11254443 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1762847 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15913 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1762847 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10509940 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000062202 100 $a20110526d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOur new husbands are here$b[electronic resource] $ehouseholds, gender, and politics in a West African state from the slave trade to colonial rule /$fEmily Lynn Osborn 210 $aAthens $cOhio University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 225 1 $aNew African histories series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8214-1966-8 311 $a0-8214-1983-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : households, gender, and politics in West African history -- Origins : the founding of Bate?, 1650/1750 -- Growth : warfare and exile, commerce and expansion, 1750/1850 -- Conflict : warfare and captivity, 1850/81 -- Occupation : Samori Toure? and Bate?, 1881/91 -- Conquest : warfare, marriage, and French statecraft -- Colonization : households and the French occupation -- Separate spheres? : colonialism in practice -- Conclusion : making states in the Milo River Valley, 1650/1910. 330 $a In Our New Husbands Are Here, Emily Lynn Osborn investigates a central puzzle of power and politics in West African history: Why do women figure frequently in the political narratives of the precolonial period, and then vanish altogether with colonization? Osborn addresses this question by exploring the relationship of the household to the state. By analyzing the history of statecraft in the interior savannas of West Africa (in present-day Guinea-Conakry), Osborn shows that the household, and women within it, played a critical role in the pacifist Islamic state of Kankan-Bate?, enabling it to 410 0$aNew African histories series. 606 $aMandingo (African people)$zGuinea$zKankan (Region)$xHistory 606 $aHouseholds$xPolitical aspects$zGuinea$zKankan (Region) 606 $aWomen$zGuinea$zKankan (Region)$xSocial conditions 607 $aKankan (Guinea : Region)$xHistory 607 $aKankan (Guinea : Region)$xPolitics and government 607 $aGuinea$xColonization$xSocial aspects 607 $aFrance$xColonies$zAfrica$xAdministration 615 0$aMandingo (African people)$xHistory. 615 0$aHouseholds$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 676 $a966.52 700 $aOsborn$b Emily Lynn$01495651 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781971703321 996 $aOur new husbands are here$93719828 997 $aUNINA