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20 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Still state-of-the-art African history after 10 years.
"The Comforts of Home" is a major work on Africa by any standard. By analyzing "prostitution" as domestic labor & tying it to urban history, White breaks new ground, avoiding the moralizing outlooks common to many studies of the subject. The book also displays the value of Africanists' interdisciplinary approach to history, especially in using...
Published on November 2, 1999
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7 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A tad boring.
An interesting topic knowing Nairobi, however after the first couple of chapters the books gets rather boring.
Published on July 23, 1999
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20 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Still state-of-the-art African history after 10 years.,
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This review is from: The Comforts of Home: Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi (Hardcover)
"The Comforts of Home" is a major work on Africa by any standard. By analyzing "prostitution" as domestic labor & tying it to urban history, White breaks new ground, avoiding the moralizing outlooks common to many studies of the subject. The book also displays the value of Africanists' interdisciplinary approach to history, especially in using evidence, not least because of her remarkable oral data collected under very demanding conditions. This book deserved, & won, the 1991 Herskovits Prize for best book from the African Studies Association. It is consistently readable and intellectually challenging.
7 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A tad boring.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Comforts of Home: Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi (Paperback)
An interesting topic knowing Nairobi, however after the first couple of chapters the books gets rather boring.
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The Comforts of Home: Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi by Luise White (Paperback - January 1, 1990)
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