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100 1 _aMutongi, Kenda.
245 1 0 _aWorries of the heart :
260 _aChicago :
_bUniversity of Chicago Press,
_cc2007.
300 _axiii, 256 p. :
_bill., maps ;
505 0 _aEveryday life -- Western Kenya, 1880-1902 -- Feeble little lads looking for food -- "What harm can an old dry bone do?" -- Lessons in practical Christianity -- Living "in line" -- The impact of gold mining -- Land conflicts in the 1930s -- Family life -- Educating "progressive" sons -- The burden of "progressive" sons -- Cash, cows, and bridewealth -- Domestic education at the girls boarding school -- Moral panic -- Wife beating -- Postcolonial promises -- Citizenship and land rights in postcolonial Kenya -- Rural widows, city widows, and the fight for inheritance.
650 0 _aWidows
650 0 _aWomen
650 0 _aFamilies
856 4 1 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip075/2006038721.html
856 4 2 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2006038721-b.html
856 4 2 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0732/2006038721-d.html
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