Onions are my husband :: survival and accumulation by West African market women /

In the most comprehensive analysis to date of the world of open air marketplaces of West Africa, Gracia Clark studies the market women of Kumasi, Ghana, in order to understand the key social forces that generate, maintain, and continually reshape the shifting market dynamics. Probably the largest of...

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1. Verfasser: Clark, Gracia
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1994.
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Zusammenfassung:In the most comprehensive analysis to date of the world of open air marketplaces of West Africa, Gracia Clark studies the market women of Kumasi, Ghana, in order to understand the key social forces that generate, maintain, and continually reshape the shifting market dynamics. Probably the largest of its kind in West Africa, the Kumasi Central Market houses women whose positions vary from hawkers of meals and cheap manufactured goods to powerful wholesalers, who control the flow of important staples. Drawing on more than four years of field research, during which she worked alongsid.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxiv, 464 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-453) and index.
ISBN:9780226107769
0226107760
9780226107790
0226107795
1282538713
9781282538719
9786612538711
6612538716

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