First Advisor
Jennifer Tappan
Date of Award
2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in History and University Honors
Department
History
Subjects
Women -- Nigeria -- Lagos -- Social conditions, Women -- Nigeria -- Lagos -- Economic conditions, Price regulation -- Nigeria -- Lagos -- Case studies, Food prices -- Nigeria -- Lagos -- Case studies, Postcolonialism
DOI
10.15760/honors.320
Abstract
With the outbreak of WWII, British colonial officials in Nigeria attempted to implement food price controls, and later direct colonial food distribution, known as the Pullen scheme. These regulations extended the element of colonial control into the food marketplace, which was dominated by independent traders, the vast majority of whom were women. Through protests, petitions, and intentional non-cooperation, the Lagos Market Women's Association defended their ability to earn a living and their ability to operate without colonial intervention. This study examines the Pullen scheme and the LMWA's resistance through the framework of the limits of colonial control as they attempted to standardize and "rationalize" the African economic sphere, and the gendered implications of that attempt.
Rights
In Copyright. URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/17411
Recommended Citation
Kamm, Emily, "Price Control, Profiteering, and Public Cooperation: the Lagos Market Women's Association and the Limits of Colonial Control" (2016). University Honors Theses. Paper 309.
https://doi.org/10.15760/honors.320