Author: Edwin William SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
The Ila-speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia
Author: Edwin William SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
The Ila-Speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Edwin W. SmithPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265415818
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Excerpt from The Ila-Speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia, Vol. 2 of 2 The Great Gateway with Small Sacred Enclosure at each Side A Near View of the Sacred Enclosure at the Gateway. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in the Social Sciences
Author: Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Seven Tribes of British Central Africa
Author: Elizabeth ColsonPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Speaking with Vampires
Author: Luise WhitePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520922298
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
During the colonial period, Africans told each other terrifying rumors that Africans who worked for white colonists captured unwary residents and took their blood. In colonial Tanganyika, for example, Africans were said to be captured by these agents of colonialism and hung upside down, their throats cut so their blood drained into huge buckets. In Kampala, the police were said to abduct Africans and keep them in pits, where their blood was sucked. Luise White presents and interprets vampire stories from East and Central Africa as a way of understanding the world as the storytellers did. Using gossip and rumor as historical sources in their own right, she assesses the place of such evidence, oral and written, in historical reconstruction. White conducted more than 130 interviews for this book and did research in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia. In addition to presenting powerful, vivid stories that Africans told to describe colonial power, the book presents an original epistemological inquiry into the nature of historical truth and memory, and into their relationship to the writing of history.
Man on the Kafue
Author: Robin M. DerricourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Social Capital
Author: Partha DasguptaPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821350041
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
This book contains a number of papers presented at a workshop organised by the World Bank in 1997 on the theme of 'Social Capital: Integrating the Economist's and the Sociologist's Perspectives'. The concept of 'social capital' is considered through a number of theoretical and empirical studies which discuss its analytical foundations, as well as institutional and statistical analyses of the concept. It includes the classic 1987 article by the late James Coleman, 'Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital', which formed the basis for the development of social capital as an organising concept in the social sciences.
The Way the World Is
Author: Marc J. SwartzPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520347315
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Marc Swartz takes us for the first time into the homes and neighborhoods of the Swahili in the East African port of Mombasa. At the same time he develops a new model for the operation and transmission of culture. In asking how cultural elements influence the social behavior of those who do not share them as well as of those who do, Swartz points to the mediation of status. The many types of status available to individuals provide guidelines that help explain, for example, why the broadly shared elements of Swahili culture (Islamic religion or the nuclear family) do not alone translate into behavior. The Way the World Is demonstrates in a highly original way how culture "works." This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1991.
The Ila-speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia; Volume 1
Author: Edwin William 1876-1957 SmithPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022446465
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover the rich cultural heritage of the Ila-speaking peoples of northern Rhodesia with this comprehensive study. Drawing on extensive research and firsthand accounts, this book provides a fascinating look at the history, traditions, and beliefs of this unique group. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Living the End of Empire
Author: Jan-Bart GewaldPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004209867
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Building on the foundational work of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, the essays contained in Living the End of Empire offer a more nuanced and complex picture of the late-colonial period in Zambia than has hitherto been presented in nationalist histories.