Migration, Labour and Wages: West and East

A review essay on Sharon Stichter's Migrant Labour in Kenya: Capitalism and African Response 1895-1975 (Harlow: Longman, 1982), & Jean-Yves Weigel's Migration et production domestiques des Soninke du Senegal ([Migration and Domestic Production of the Soninke of Senegal] Paris: ORSTROM,...

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Published in:Canadian journal of African studies 1984, Vol.18 (2), p.445-447
Main Author: Gregory, Joel W.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Kenya
Migrant Workers
Migration
Review Articles / Études Bibliographiques
Senegal
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Summary:A review essay on Sharon Stichter's Migrant Labour in Kenya: Capitalism and African Response 1895-1975 (Harlow: Longman, 1982), & Jean-Yves Weigel's Migration et production domestiques des Soninke du Senegal ([Migration and Domestic Production of the Soninke of Senegal] Paris: ORSTROM, 1982 [see listings in IRPSPPD No. 12]). Stichter's work offers a countrywide social history of migrant labor, while Weigel's focuses on domestic social formation in a small tribe & a specific village. S. Karganovic
ISSN:0008-3968
DOI:10.2307/484344