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Hoe And Wage: A Social History Of A Circular Migration System In West Africa

Autor Dennis D. Cordell
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 iun 2023
Based on an unusual source a retrospective survey of migration from 1900 to 1975 this book traces the history of internal and international labor migration in colonial and contemporary Burkina Faso, the West African coast, and other parts of Africa. Interviews with returned migrants elicited information about age, matrimonial status, motives for migrating, employment, destinations, residence, and motives for returning. The survey, which includes data on nearly one hundred thousand migrants and on 1.5 million instances of migration, offers a uniquely African perspective on migration in the region
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780367157104
ISBN-10: 0367157101
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.74 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Migration in West Africa: Past and Present -- Contexts of Burkinabè Migration: Precolonial Societies and Colonial Policies -- The Creation of a Male Migrant Labor System: Colonial Burkina Faso, 1900–1946 -- From Colonial Ghana to Côte d’Ivoire: The Growth of “Free” Labor Migration, 1947–1973 -- “The Men Followed the Money and the Women Followed the Men”:* Female Migration, 1900–1973 -- “Yes, Migration Is Good, but ...,” “Yes, Migration Is Bad, but ...”: Circular Migration and Underdevelopment -- Conclusion and Epilogue -- Appendix

Notă biografică

Dennis D. Cordell is professor of history at Southern Methodist University and adjunct professor of demography at the University de Montreal.Joel W. Gregory was professor of demography.Victor Picha is professor of demography.

Descriere

Hoe and Wage is a social history of migration as perceived and remembered by men and women who moved from Burkina Faso since 1900. It traces the history of international labor migration in colonial and contemporary Burkina Faso, the West African coast, and other parts of Africa.