TY - BOOK AU - Edwards,Carolyn P. AU - Whiting,Beatrice Blyth TI - Ngecha: a Kenyan village in a time of rapid social change SN - 0803248091 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - HN793.N44 N44 2004 U1 - 307.1/412/0967626 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Lincoln PB - University of Nebraska Press KW - Rural development KW - Kenya KW - Ngecha KW - Women in rural development KW - Rural women KW - Families KW - Rural conditions KW - Case studies N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Opening: "New dawn." Background and contexts / Carolyn Edwards and Beatrice Whiting -- The village and its families / Beatrice Whiting and Carolyn Edwards, with Ciarunji Chesaina, John Whiting, John Herzog, and Dorothy Herzog -- The historical stage / Beatrice Whiting, John Whiting, John Herzog, and Carolyn Edwards, with Arnold Curtis -- Interlude: "Let women be supported." Women as agents of social change / Beatrice Whiting -- Changing concepts of the good child and good mothering / Beatrice Whiting, with Ciarunji Chesaina, Grace Diru, Jonah Ichoya, Priscilla Kariuki, Violet Nyambura Kimani, Irene Kamau, Rose Maina, Wanjiku Munge-Kagia, Jane Mwangi, John Whiting, Thomas Landauer, and Lynn Streeter -- The teaching of values old and new / Ciarunji Chesaina -- Aging and elderhood / Frances Cox, with Ndung'u Mberia -- The university as gateway to a complex world / Carolyn Edwards, with E.G. Runo and Ezra Arap Maritim -- Ngecha today / Violet Nyambura kimani UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip049/2003021832.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2003021832-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2003021832-d.html ER -