Research Catalog

Title

Opportunity and obligation in Nairobi : social networks and differentiation in the political economy of Kenya / John W. Curtis.

Author

Curtis, John William, 1961-

Publication

Münster [Germany] : LIT, [1995]

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Details

Description

viii, 176 p. : map; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Beitrage zur Afrikaforschung, 0938-7285 ; Bd. 6

Uniform Title

Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung ; Bd. 6.

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Rural-urban migration > Kenya > Nairobi > Case studies
• Social networks > Kenya > Case studies
• Urbanization > Kenya > Nairobi > Case studies
• Capitalism > Kenya > Nairobi > Case studies
• Capitalism
• Rural-urban migration
• Social conditions
• Social networks
• Urbanization
• Politische Ökonomie
• Soziale Differenzierung
• Soziales Netzwerk
• Sozioökonomischer Wandel
• Verstädterung
• Wirtschaftspolitik
• Nairobi (Kenya) > Social conditions > 20th century
• Kenya
• Kenya > Nairobi
• Kenia
• Nairobi

Genre/Form

Case studies

Note

• Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.--Johns Hopkins, 1992).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-173) and index.

Contents

Map of Kenya -- Ch. 1. Urban-rural ties in Nairobi -- Ch. 2. Previous studies on urban-rural ties in Nairobi -- Ch. 3. Urban-rural ties in context: Labor relations in the political economy of Kenya -- Ch. 4. Continuity amid change: Urban-rural ties and the development of capitalism in Kenya -- Ch. 5. Inequality in Kenya: Structure and process -- Ch. 6. Opportunity and obligation for men in Nairobi -- Ch. 7. Urban-rural ties in the political economy of Kenya

ISBN

• 3894738588
• 9783894738587

LCCN

96211105

OCLC

• ocm33193140
• 33193140
• SCSB-2076424

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library