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Opportunity and obligation in Nairobi : social networks and differentiation in the political economy of Kenya

Title
  1. Opportunity and obligation in Nairobi : social networks and differentiation in the political economy of Kenya / John W. Curtis.
Published by
  1. Münster [Germany] : LIT, [1995]
Author
  1. Curtis, John William, 1961-

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Description
  1. viii, 176 p. : map; 23 cm.
Series statement
  1. Beitrage zur Afrikaforschung, 0938-7285 ; Bd. 6
Uniform title
  1. Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung ; Bd. 6.
Subject
  1. 1900-1999
  2. Rural-urban migration > Kenya > Nairobi > Case studies
  3. Social networks > Kenya > Case studies
  4. Urbanization > Kenya > Nairobi > Case studies
  5. Capitalism > Kenya > Nairobi > Case studies
  6. Capitalism
  7. Rural-urban migration
  8. Social conditions
  9. Social networks
  10. Urbanization
  11. Politische Ökonomie
  12. Soziale Differenzierung
  13. Soziales Netzwerk
  14. Sozioökonomischer Wandel
  15. Verstädterung
  16. Wirtschaftspolitik
  17. Nairobi (Kenya) > Social conditions > 20th century
  18. Kenya
  19. Kenya > Nairobi
  20. Kenia
  21. Nairobi
Genre/Form
  1. Case studies
Contents
  1. 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
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.--Johns Hopkins, 1992).
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-173) and index.