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| Introduction | |
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| Preface | |
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| In the Village | |
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| Male and Female Farming Systems | |
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| The Division of Labour within African Agriculture | |
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| The Plough, The Veil and the Labourer | |
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| Population Pressure and Sex Roles in Farming | |
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| The Economics of Polygamy | |
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| The Status of Younger Wives | |
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| Work Input and Women's Status | |
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| Loss of Status under European Rule | |
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| The Responsibility of the Europeans | |
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| From Cultivator to Family Aid | |
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| The Revolt of the Women | |
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| The Casual Worker | |
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| The Influence of Caste on Women's Work and Wages | |
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| Cheap Labour for the Export Sector | |
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| The Female Coolie | |
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| The Impact of Agricultural Modernization on the Employment of Women | |
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| In the Town | |
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| Women in a Men's World | |
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| Sex and Race in Market Trade | |
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| Work Input and Earnings of Market Women | |
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| From the Market Place to the Super-Market | |
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| Female Services in Male Towns | |
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| Domestic Servants | |
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| Industry: From the Hut to the Factory | |
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| Women's Drop-out from Industry | |
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| Why Employers Prefer Male Workers | |
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| Why Women Shun the Factory | |
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| The Educated Woman | |
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| Seclusion in the Professions | |
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| The Feminization of Clerical Jobs | |
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| The Pull of White Collar Jobs | |
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| Women in the Urban Hierarchy | |
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| Sex Differentials in Industrial Skills and Wages | |
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| The Hierarchy of Race and Sex | |
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| The Status of White Collar Workers | |
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| From Village to Town | |
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| The Lure of the Towns | |
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| The Value of Subsistence Production | |
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| Subsistence Activities in Urban Areas | |
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| Urban Job Opportunities for Women | |
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| The Two Steps in Economic Development | |
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| The Impact of Tradition and of Imported Culture Patterns | |
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| The Pattern of Migration and of Female Work | |
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| The Arab and the Latin American Patterns | |
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| The South East Asian Pattern | |
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| The African Pattern | |
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| The Unemployment Scare | |
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| Employment Opportunities in Rural Areas | |
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| The Urban Labour Market | |
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| Education as a Cause of Unemployment | |
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| The Cost of Urbanization | |
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| The Strategy of Development Planning | |
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| The Design of Female Education | |
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| The Productivity of Female Labour | |
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| The Escape from Competition | |
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| Training for the Modern Sector | |
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| A New Pattern for the Future | |
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| Appendix Tables | |
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| Notes to Tables and Figures | |
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| List of Works Cited | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Subject Index | |