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Barnes, Terri.

"We women worked so hard" : gender, urbanization, and social reproduction in colonial Harare, Zimbabwe, 1930-1956 / Teresa A. Barnes. - Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, 1999. - xiv, 204 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Social history of Africa, 1099-8098 . - Social history of Africa. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-195) and index.

Introduction: Truths of the Past and Truths of the Present -- Economics and Society in Colonial Harare -- African Women's Work and Economic Differentiation before the 1950s -- Divisions in Black and White Male Ranks -- Paradigms of Righteousness -- Conflicts, Complexities, and Complications in the 1950s -- Conclusion. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6.

ISBN: 0325001731 (alk. paper) 0325001723 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 99025010

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--History--Zimbabwe--Harare--20th century.
Women--Social conditions.--Zimbabwe--Harare
Women--Economic conditions.--Zimbabwe--Harare
Sex role--Zimbabwe--Harare.
Nationalism--Zimbabwe--Harare.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--Colonies--Administration.--Africa
Harare (Zimbabwe)--Social conditions.
Harare (Zimbabwe)--Race relations.
Harare (Zimbabwe)--Politics and government.

LC Class. No.: HQ1801.Z9 / H372 1999