02089nam a2200385 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003900112020003600151020003800187020003500225040002100260035002100281043001200302050002800314082002400342100002000366245010800386260005200494300003200546504005100578505057600629533015201205650004801357650004701405650003101452651003101483655002901514710001701543856012601560999001701686ebr10265967CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||061127s2007    iluab   sb    001 0 eng    z  2006038721  z9780226554198 (cloth : alk. paper)  z0226554198 (cloth : alk. paper)  z9780226554204 (pbk. : alk. paper)  z0226554201 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)646784246  af-ke---14aHQ1058.5.K4bM88 2007eb04a306.88/309676282221 aMutongi, Kenda.10aWorries of the hearth[electronic resource] :bwidows, family, and community in Kenya /cKenda Mutongi.  aChicago :bUniversity of Chicago Press,cc2007.  axiii, 256 p. :bill., maps.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aWidowszKenyazMaragolixSocial conditions. 0aWomenzKenyazMaragolixSocial conditions. 0aFamilieszKenyazMaragoli. 0aKenyaxColonial influence. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10265967zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c10537d10537