Making modern girls : a history of girlhood, labor, and social development in colonial Lagos / / Abosede A. George

• Autore: George Abosede A.
• Pubblicazione: Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.2308209669/1
• Soggetto topico: Girls - Nigeria - Lagos - History - 20th century; Child labor - Nigeria - Lagos - History - 20th century; Peddlers - Nigeria - Lagos - History - 20th century; Public welfare - Nigeria - Lagos - History - 20th century; Social change - Nigeria - Lagos
• Soggetto geografico: Lagos (Nigeria) Social conditions 20th century; Great Britain Colonies Social policy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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 project
• Titolo autorizzato: Making modern girls
• ISBN: 0-8214-4501-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787150503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New African histories series.