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Crossing the Zambezi: The Politics of Landscape on a Central African Frontier
ISBN: 9781847014023 / Angielski / Twarda / 237 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a history of claims to the Zambezi, focussed on the stretch of the river extending from the Victoria Falls downstream into Lake Kariba, which today constitutes the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is a story of 150 years of conflict over the changing landscape of the river, in which the tension between the Zambezi's 'river people' and more powerful others has been central. The Zambezi is one of Africa's longest and most important rivers - securing access to its waters and control over its banks, traffic and commerce were crucial political priorities for leaders of...
This book is a history of claims to the Zambezi, focussed on the stretch of the river extending from the Victoria Falls downstream into Lake Kariba, w...
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Peasant Consciousness and Guerrilla War in Zimbabwe: A Comparative Study
ISBN: 9780852550014 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Draws on a wide range of archival and oral sources to argue that the history of African peasants in Zimbabwe produced a specific consciousness which meant that peasant participation in the guerrilla war was different from the peasant role in Mau Mau or in the war in Mozambique. It also examines the changing relations between the peasantry and the Zimbabwean state after the 1980 elections. North America: U of California Press
Draws on a wide range of archival and oral sources to argue that the history of African peasants in Zimbabwe produced a specific consciousness which m...
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Banditry, Rebellion and Social Protest in Africa
ISBN: 9780852550052 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marks a new stage in African resistance studies.
Marks a new stage in African resistance studies.
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Oral Tradition as History
ISBN: 9780852550076 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although written by a leading historian of Africa, Vansina's work on oral traditions ranges far beyond Africa, so has a wider relevance. Vansina explains not only how oral traditions have been used in the past but also how they should be used by historians in their research. North America: University of Wisconsin Press; Kenya: EAEP
Although written by a leading historian of Africa, Vansina's work on oral traditions ranges far beyond Africa, so has a wider relevance. Vansina expla...
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Enigma of Colonialism
ISBN: 9780852550267 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The discussion of pre-colonial slavery shows how slavery became integrated into the new colonial economy.
The discussion of pre-colonial slavery shows how slavery became integrated into the new colonial economy.
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Warfare and Diplomacy in Pre-Colonial West Africa
ISBN: 9780852550328 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Covering a period of some 400 to 500 years up to the last decades of the nineteenth century, the author takes a wide range of examples from those societies whose levels of political organisation warrant the term 'states'. The arrangements for the exercise of power within these varied from states where one man or an oligarchy made decisions about war and peace to states where power was diffused between members of the community. North America: University of Wisconsin Press
Covering a period of some 400 to 500 years up to the last decades of the nineteenth century, the author takes a wide range of examples from those soci...
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Siaya: The Historical Anthropology of an African Landscape
ISBN: 9780852550359 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A book written both for and about the Luo.
A book written both for and about the Luo.
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Letters and Documents, 1841-72
ISBN: 9780852550410 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of David Livingstone's personal papers, edited by Timothy Holmes, is from the Livingstone Museum in Zambia and features many previously unpublished letters. The first part deals with his period in Botswana, the second part focuses on the Zambezi expedition (1858-64), the third section covers to time of his visit to Britain in 1864-5, and the fourth part covers his last journey (1866-73). North America: Indiana U Press; Zambia: UNZA Press
This collection of David Livingstone's personal papers, edited by Timothy Holmes, is from the Livingstone Museum in Zambia and features many previousl...
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The Creation of Tribalism in Southern Africa
ISBN: 9780852550434 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'The great virtue of this book is that it is the first major study to focus exclusively on the historical evolution of ethnic identity over a broad region from Zaire ... to South Africa.' - John McCracken, University of Stirling US & Canada & the Philippines: University of California Press
'The great virtue of this book is that it is the first major study to focus exclusively on the historical evolution of ethnic identity over a broad re...
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African Perspectives on Colonialism
ISBN: 9780852550601 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Counteracts the misconception of Africa having no history before colonisation.
Counteracts the misconception of Africa having no history before colonisation.
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Paths in the Rain Forests: Towards a History of Political Tradition in Equatorial Africa
ISBN: 9780852550748 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The rainforests of equatorial Africa cover an area almost as large as Western Europe and some 12 million people live there. So why has this area remained without a historiography? Vansina disputes the myth of an unchanging past in a hostile environment and demonstrates that there are rich and complex political, social and economic histories to be uncovered, as varied as the forest habitats themselves. North America: University of Wisconsin Press
The rainforests of equatorial Africa cover an area almost as large as Western Europe and some 12 million people live there. So why has this area remai...
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Swahili Origins: Swahili Culture and the Shungwaya Phenomenon
ISBN: 9780852550755 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. James de Vere Allen, who was curator at Lamu Museum, set out to give modern Swahili evidence of their shared history during a period of eight centuries.
James de Vere Allen, who was curator at Lamu Museum, set out to give modern Swahili evidence of their shared history during a period of eight centurie...
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General History of Africa Volume 1: Methodology & African Prehistory
ISBN: 9780852550915 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Assesses the importance attached by African societies to their past and the growth and development of African historiography. This is followed by accounts of the primary literary sources, the oral and living traditions and African archaeology and its techniques. There are further chapters on linguistics, migrations and historical geography before the second part of the book which deals specifically with earliest man and the prehistory of Africa according to geographical area. Specific chapters are also devoted to prehistoric art, agricultural techniques and the development of metallurgy. The...
Assesses the importance attached by African societies to their past and the growth and development of African historiography. This is followed by acco...
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General History of Africa Volume 7: Africa Under Colonial Domination 1880-1935
ISBN: 9780852550977 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. SPECIAL COMMENDATION in Africa's 100 Best Books of the Twentieth Century. The series is illustrated throughout with maps and black and white photographs.
SPECIAL COMMENDATION in Africa's 100 Best Books of the Twentieth Century. The series is illustrated throughout with maps and black and white photograp...
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Manufacturing Africa
ISBN: 9780852551196 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The team of authors see this book as a contribution to lifting the standard of debate and towards restarting in-depth comparative research.
The team of authors see this book as a contribution to lifting the standard of debate and towards restarting in-depth comparative research.
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The Politics of Structural Adjustment in Nigeria
ISBN: 9780852551318 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The economic crisis in the Nigerian economy in 1982 was triggered, though not necessarily caused by, the collapse of the world oil market. The Nigerian state adopted a structural adjustment programme which was approved by the World Bank and the IMF - that decision raised questions about the nature of the crisis and the appropriateness of free market policies in tackling it. Nigeria: HEBN
The economic crisis in the Nigerian economy in 1982 was triggered, though not necessarily caused by, the collapse of the world oil market. The Nigeria...
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Liberalizing Tanzania's Food Trade: The Public and Private Faces of Urban Marketing Policy, 1939-88
ISBN: 9780852551349 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author shows the way grain traders and households in five Tanzanian towns were affected by the Tanzanian government's decision to opt for liberalization in the trade of two staple food crops: rice and maize.
The author shows the way grain traders and households in five Tanzanian towns were affected by the Tanzanian government's decision to opt for liberali...
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African Development in a Comparative Perspective
ISBN: 9780852551653 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Has a turning point been reached in African economic recovery? Why have so few countries reached the UN growth target? Published in association with UNCTAD North America: Africa World Press
Has a turning point been reached in African economic recovery? Why have so few countries reached the UN growth target? Published in association with U...
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124,14 |
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Working Miracles: Women's Lives in the English-Speaking Caribbean
ISBN: 9780852552087 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text takes a multidisciplinary approach to the study of women and gender issues in the Caribbean. Olive Senior, using her imaginative skills as a poet, has written a readable books based on a substantial academic examination of women's lives and work in fourteen countries of the Caribbean. In addition she uses examples from literature and popular culture, adn the voices of the women themselves. Caribbean: ISER, University of the West Indies
This text takes a multidisciplinary approach to the study of women and gender issues in the Caribbean. Olive Senior, using her imaginative skills as a...
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When Refugees Go Home: African Experiences
ISBN: 9780852552223 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is well known that there are millions of refugees in Africa. It is less well known that there are milions of refugees who have returned home. This book puts these 'returnees' on the map, documenting some of what happens to people when they go back to their countries of origin and start to pick up the pieces of their lives. Published in association with UNRISD; North America: Africa World Press
It is well known that there are millions of refugees in Africa. It is less well known that there are milions of refugees who have returned home. This ...
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