Warrior Women
Subtitle: The Amazons of Dahomey and the Nature of War
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780813337111
Subjects: African history; Gender studies; Theory of warfare & military science; Women soldiers; History, Military; Women - 19th Century History; Women In The Military; Women's Studies - History; Sociology; Fiction; Africa; Modern - 19th Century; Anthropology - Cultural; Women's Studies - General; Women, Fon; Africa - General; 19th century; Benin; History
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: vii; title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: The Amazons of Dahomey
pagenum: 11; label: 2
title: The Kingdom of Dahomey
pagenum: 37; label: 3
title: The Creation of Majesty
pagenum: 71; label: 4
title: The Rise and Fall of the Women Warriors
pagenum: 95; label: 5
title: Gender Hierarchies and Women in War
pagenum: 121; title: Notes
pagenum: 157; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 173; title: Index
pagenum: 187