" Herbert] has constructed a model of power relationships structured upon gender and age, and derived from male transformative processes, and in so doing has written a notable, and most enjoyable, book." --African History
"Herbert examines with great care and thoroughness the relationships between gender and power and the rationales that give them social form.... Her] analytical ability is outstanding." --Patrick McNaughton
"This book is a well-written and essential study of the place of belief in African material culture." --International Journal of African Historical Studies...
" Herbert] has constructed a model of power relationships structured upon gender and age, and derived from male transformative processes, and in so...
This book has been written primarily from original sources, published and unpublished, and in particular from the surviving letters that passed between Franklin and his family and friends only a fraction, alas, of the total written and including a good many not likely to be printed anywhere else ( for even the monumental edition of the Franklin Papers at Yale has to be limited to letters by or to Franklin in person ). It is not intended as a general biography of Franklin: Claude-Anne Lopez and Eugenia W. Herbert have filled in the background of his life only to the extent that it seemed...
This book has been written primarily from original sources, published and unpublished, and in particular from the surviving letters that passed betwee...
'Social Approaches to an Industrial Past' addresses the social context of mining communities from research spanning a period of 4500 years. The volume considers gender, production and technology, and power and labour exploitation.
'Social Approaches to an Industrial Past' addresses the social context of mining communities from research spanning a period of 4500 years. The volume...
