Schmidt, Elizabeth,  1955- <br/><br/>
Peasants, traders, and wives :  Shona women in the history of Zimbabwe, 1870-1939 / 
Elizabeth Schmidt. 
 - xiii, 289 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  23 cm. 
 - Social history of Africa .
 - Social history of Africa. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-274) and index. 
<br/><br/> Illustrations --  Acknowledgments --  A Note on Sources --  Introduction --  Beholden to Two Patriarchies: Shona Women on the Eve of European Conquest and in the Early Years of Occupation --  Shona Women and Work: The Backbone of Rural Production --  African Producers and Settler Law: The Decline of the Goromonzi Peasantry and the Marginalization of Women --  Gender Ideology, Economics, and the Social Control of African Women --  Missionary Education for Women and Girls: The Domestication of African Women --  African Women and European Domestic Service: Another Look at the Sexual Threat --  Conclusion --  Notes --  Bibliography --  Index.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0435080644 9780435080648 0435080660 9780435080662 0852556578 9780852556573 0852556071 9780852556078 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>91041251 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women, Shona--History--19th century.<br/>Women, Shona--History--20th century.<br/>Women, Shona--Social conditions<br/>Patriarchy--History--Zimbabwe<br/>Shona (African people)--Government relations<br/>Shona (African people)--Politics and government
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Zimbabwe--Foreign relations<br/>Zimbabwe--Politics and government
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DT2913.S55  / S36 1992 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.488963975