ISBN:
0803248091
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 280 S
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt
DDC:
307.1/412/0967626
Keywords:
Rural development
;
Women in rural development
;
Rural women
;
Families
;
Kenya Case studies Rural conditions
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Kenia
;
Ländliche Siedlung
;
Entwicklung
;
Kenia
;
Frau
;
Ländlicher Raum
;
Sozialer Wandel
;
Kenia
;
Ländlicher Raum
;
Sozialer Wandel
Abstract:
Opening: "New dawn." Background and contexts / Carolyn Edwards and Beatrice Whiting -- The village and its families / Beatrice Whiting and Carolyn Edwards, with Ciarunji Chesaina, John Whiting, John Herzog, and Dorothy Herzog -- The historical stage / Beatrice Whiting, John Whiting, John Herzog, and Carolyn Edwards, with Arnold Curtis -- Interlude: "Let women be supported." Women as agents of social change / Beatrice Whiting -- Changing concepts of the good child and good mothering / Beatrice Whiting, with Ciarunji Chesaina, Grace Diru, Jonah Ichoya, Priscilla Kariuki, Violet Nyambura Kimani, Irene Kamau, Rose Maina, Wanjiku Munge-Kagia, Jane Mwangi, John Whiting, Thomas Landauer, and Lynn Streeter -- The teaching of values old and new / Ciarunji Chesaina -- Aging and elderhood / Frances Cox, with Ndung'u Mberia -- The university as gateway to a complex world / Carolyn Edwards, with E.G. Runo and Ezra Arap Maritim -- Ngecha today / Violet Nyambura kimani
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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