Peasants, Traders, & Wives: Shona Women in the History of Zimbabwe, 1870-1939

by Elizabeth Schmidt and Elizabeth Schmidt

Book Overview

Dr. Schmidt argues that women were central to the formation of African peasantries in Rhodesia. Yet women's status declined over the course of the colonial period. As political mechanisms threatened the survival of peasant households, women's labor was intensified in the last ditch attempt to stave off the need for male labor migration.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0435080660
• ISBN13: 9780435080662
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher