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This work analyzes techniques and gendered aspects of the making of beads, as well as their role in trade and body adornment, in a wide range of societies where they have become a symbol of cultural survival and identity.

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This work analyzes techniques and gendered aspects of the making of beads, as well as their role in trade and body adornment, in a wide range of societies where they have become a symbol of cultural survival and identity.

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Dress is one of the most significant markers of gender identity, yet is only rarely explored in depth. This volume addresses the relationship between gender and dress, opening up aspects by covering a variety of ethnographic areas reaching from Asia, Europe and Africa to North and South America.

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The expansion of the British Empire created employment opportunities in the colonies for single women who wished to leave their mother country with women's emigration societies supplying a limited means of emigration. This book looks at those who emigrated to Southern Africa between 1820 and 1939.

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The expansion of the British Empire created employment opportunities in the colonies for single women who wished to leave their mother country with women's emigration societies supplying a limited means of emigration. This book looks at those who emigrated to Southern Africa between 1820 and 1939.