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Emirate, Egyptian, Ethiopian: Colonial Experiences in Late Nineteenth-Century Harar
ISBN: 9780815635840 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In October 1875, two months after the takeover of the Somali coastal town of Zeila, an Egyptian force numbering 1,200 soldiers departed from the city to occupy Harar, a prominent Muslim hub in the Horn of Africa. In Emirate, Egyptian, Ethiopian, Ben-Dror tells the story of Turco-Egyptian colonial ambitions and the processes that integrated Harar into the global system of commerce.
In October 1875, two months after the takeover of the Somali coastal town of Zeila, an Egyptian force numbering 1,200 soldiers departed from the city ...
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169,86 zł |
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Domesticating the World : African Consumerism and the Genealogies of Globalization
ISBN: 9780520254237 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book boldly unsettles the idea of globalization as a recent phenomenon--and one driven solely by Western interests--by offering a compelling new perspective on global interconnectivity in the nineteenth century. Jeremy Prestholdt examines East African consumers' changing desires for material goods from around the world in an era of sweeping social and economic change. Exploring complex webs of local consumer demands that affected patterns of exchange and production as far away as India and the United States, the book challenges presumptions that Africa's global relationships have always...
This book boldly unsettles the idea of globalization as a recent phenomenon--and one driven solely by Western interests--by offering a compelling new ...
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142,63 zł |
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Domesticating the World : African Consumerism and the Genealogies of Globalization
ISBN: 9780520254244 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book boldly unsettles the idea of globalization as a recent phenomenonand one driven solely by Western interestsby offering a compelling new perspective on global interconnectivity in the nineteenth century. Jeremy Prestholdt examines East African consumers' changing desires for material goods from around the world in an era of sweeping social and economic change. Exploring complex webs of local consumer demands that affected patterns of exchange and production as far away as India and the United States, the book challenges presumptions that Africa's global relationships have always been...
This book boldly unsettles the idea of globalization as a recent phenomenonand one driven solely by Western interestsby offering a compelling new pers...
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306,39 zł |
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splm/spla : The Nasir Declaration
ISBN: 9780595284597 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In August 1991, three members of the "SPLM/SPLA" Political-military High Command made the Nasir Declaration. This led to the split of the Movement. One of the leaders of the move(many say, THE ringleader) gives an account of the events that led to this momentous event in the "SPLM/SPLA" history, the developments that followed, what went wrong in the process, how the move affected Sudanese politics and the way forward for South Sudan.
In August 1991, three members of the "SPLM/SPLA" Political-military High Command made the Nasir Declaration. This led to the split of the Movement. On...
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129,03 zł |
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Civilizing Women : British Crusades in Colonial Sudan
ISBN: 9780691123059 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych.
Written in engaging prose, Civilizing Women...
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158,48 zł |
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Zanzibar : Its History and its People
ISBN: 9780714611020 / Angielski / Twarda / 556 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1931, this account covers both the history and ethnography of Zanzibar.
First published in 1931, this account covers both the history and ethnography of Zanzibar.
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473,91 zł |
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Decolonization and Independence in Kenya, 1940-1993
ISBN: 9780821410516 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a sharply observed assessment of the history of the last half century by a distinguished group of historians of Kenya. At the same time the book is a courageous reflection in the dilemmas of African nationhood. Professor B. A. Ogot says: "The main purpose of the book is to show that decolonization does not only mean the transfer of alien power to sovereign nationhood; it must also entail the liberation of the worlds of spirit and culture, as well as economics and politics. "The book also raises a more fundamental question, that is: How much independence is available to any state,...
This is a sharply observed assessment of the history of the last half century by a distinguished group of historians of Kenya. At the same time the bo...
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240,58 zł |
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Imagining Serengeti: A History of Landscape Memory in Tanzania from Earliest Times to the Present
ISBN: 9780821417492 / Angielski / Twarda / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many students come to African history with a host of stereotypes that are not always easy to dislodge. One of the most common is that of Africa as safari grounds-as the land of expansive, unpopulated game reserves untouched by civilization and preserved in their original pristine state by the tireless efforts of contemporary conservationists. With prose that is elegant in its simplicity and analysis that is forceful and compelling, Jan Bender Shetler brings the landscape memory of the Serengeti to life. She demonstrates how the social identities of western Serengeti peoples are embedded in... Many students come to African history with a host of stereotypes that are not always easy to dislodge. One of the most common is that of Africa as ... |
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542,56 zł |
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Imagining Serengeti: A History of Landscape Memory in Tanzania from Earliest Times to the Present
ISBN: 9780821417508 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many students come to African history with a host of stereotypes that are not always easy to dislodge. One of the most common is that of Africa as safari grounds-as the land of expansive, unpopulated game reserves untouched by civilization and preserved in their original pristine state by the tireless efforts of contemporary conservationists. With prose that is elegant in its simplicity and analysis that is forceful and compelling, Jan Bender Shetler brings the landscape memory of the Serengeti to life. She demonstrates how the social identities of western Serengeti peoples are embedded in... Many students come to African history with a host of stereotypes that are not always easy to dislodge. One of the most common is that of Africa as ... |
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158,41 zł |
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Tanzania Under Mwalimu Nyerere : Reflections on an African Statesman
ISBN: 9780980253498 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nyerere's economic policies, his successes and failures in pursuit of economic development under socialism, are some of the subjects addressed by the author in this book. A Tanzanian himself., he also looks at how life was under Nyerere since the sixties. The work is also a critical examination of the political situation in Tanzania since independence when the country was known as Tanganyika before uniting with Zanzibar. The author also looks at the transition that has taken place in Tanzania from one-party rule to multiparty democracy, and from socialism to capitalism since the collapse of...
Nyerere's economic policies, his successes and failures in pursuit of economic development under socialism, are some of the subjects addressed by the ...
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126,62 zł |
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Life Under Nyerere
ISBN: 9780980258721 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author, who lived and grew up under Nyerere's leadership, remembers how life was in those days in his home country of Tanganyika, later Tanzania. It is more than just a sentimental journey into the past. It is also an assessment of Nyerere's leadership and policies from the perspective of a former journalist. The author worked as a reporter at Tanzania's leading newspaper, "The Daily News," when Nyerere was president. Included in the book is one of the last interviews Nyerere gave not long before he died in which he reflected on his leadership and even on his student days at Makerere...
The author, who lived and grew up under Nyerere's leadership, remembers how life was in those days in his home country of Tanganyika, later Tanzania. ...
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106,51 zł |
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The Evolution of Ethiopian Absolutism : The Genesis and the Making of the Fiscal Military State, 1696-1913
ISBN: 9781599070209 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book synthesis the development of the Ethiopian state and society at a particular historical stage: the appearance of a new type of power centralization synchronized with Ethiopia's integration into an international state system and capitalist world economy. Adopting a system approach and analysis as a method of cognition, this book reviews major interpretation of the historical process and presents an alternative understanding as well as explanation of the period. It identifies the distinct fiscal systems of the state, reveals the secrets of the Ethiopian independence and presents a...
This book synthesis the development of the Ethiopian state and society at a particular historical stage: the appearance of a new type of power central...
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125,43 zł |
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The Rwandan Tutsis : A Tutsi Woman's Account of the Hidden Causes of the Rwandan Tragedy
ISBN: 9781905068388 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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101,30 zł |
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Dar Es Salaam
ISBN: 9789987449705 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From its modest beginnings in the mid-19th century, Dar es Salaam has grown to become one of sub-Saharan Africas most important urban centres. A major political, economic and cultural hub, the city stood at the cutting edge of trends that transformed twentieth-century East Africa. Dar es Salaam has recently attracted the attention of a diverse, multi-disciplinary, range of scholars, making it currently one of the continents most studied urban centres. This collection from eleven scholars from Africa, Europe, North America and Japan, draws on some of the best of this scholarship and offers a...
From its modest beginnings in the mid-19th century, Dar es Salaam has grown to become one of sub-Saharan Africas most important urban centres. A major...
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343,88 zł |
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Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa
ISBN: 9789987449422 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa brings together important essays on songs and politics in the region and beyond. Through an analysis of the voices from the margins, the authors (contributors) enter into the debate on cultural productions and political change. The theme that cuts across the contributions is that songs are, in addition to their aesthetic appeal, vital tools for exploring how political and social events are shaped and understood by citizens. Urbanization, commercialization and globalization contributed to the vibrancy of East African popular music of the 1990s which was...
Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa brings together important essays on songs and politics in the region and beyond. Through an analysis of the voice...
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542,96 zł |
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Slavery in the Great Lakes Region of East Africa
ISBN: 9780821417935 / Angielski / Miękka / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Slavery in the Great Lakes Region of East Africa" looks at the perceptions of one of the main themes of African history: slavery. There was no single form of slavery, and the line between enslaved and nonslave labor was fine. This book challenges the assertion that domestic slavery increased in Africa as the result of the international trade.Slavery in this region was not a uniform phenomenon and the line between enslaved and non-slave labor was fine. Kinship ties could mark the difference between free and unfree labor. Social categories were not always clear-cut and the status of a slave...
"Slavery in the Great Lakes Region of East Africa" looks at the perceptions of one of the main themes of African history: slavery. There was no single...
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207,06 zł |
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Kenya : Identity of A Nation
ISBN: 9780980258790 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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126,62 zł |
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Pan-Africanism or Pragmatism? : Lessons of the Tanganyika-Zanzibar Union
ISBN: 9789987449996 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Pan-Africanist debate is back on the historical agenda. The stresses and strains in the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar since its formation some forty years ago are not showing any sign of abating. Meanwhile, imperialism under new forms and labels continues to bedevil the continent in ever-aggressive, if subtle, ways. The political federation of East Africa, which was one of the main spin-offs of the Pan-Africanism of the nationalist period, is reappearing on the political stage, albeit in a distorted form of regional integration. It is in this context that the present study is situated....
The Pan-Africanist debate is back on the historical agenda. The stresses and strains in the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar since its formation some ...
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307,68 zł |
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Lost Lion of Empire: The Life of 'cape-To-Cairo' Grogan
ISBN: 9780006530732 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An African Younghusband - the compelling life of a great adventurer. Ewart Grogan, 'the baddest and boldest of a bad bold gang' of settlers in Kenya, was one of the most brilliant and controversial figures of African colonial history. When he proposed to a young heiress, Gertrude Coleman, he needed to prove himself a 'somebody' to her father in order to win her hand. He did so in inimitable style, announcing that he intended to accomplish the first south-to-north traverse of Africa. In 1900, after two years of illness and extreme hardship, he arrived triumphantly in... An African Younghusband - the compelling life of a great adventurer. Ewart Grogan, 'the baddest and boldest of a bad bold gang' of settlers i... |
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71,77 zł |
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MARCHING ON TANGA (WITH GENERAL SMUTS IN EAST AFRICA)
ISBN: 9781845742140 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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144,78 zł |