Author: David W. Brokensha
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429712286
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
The editors are grateful for the editing and production assistance of a number of IDA staff members, especially Sylvia Horowitz, who copyedited the entire manuscript and supervised its transformation for computer-generated typesetting. Vivian Carlip gave a second editorial reading, Cecily O'Neil helped with production, the manuscript was proofread by Vera Beers-Tyler, and Peter Daly designed the map on the following page. To the contributors, of course, goes our greatest appreciation, for their gracious cooperation in making requested revisions as well as for the content of their work.
Anthropology Of Development And Change In East Africa
Author: David W. Brokensha
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429712286
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
The editors are grateful for the editing and production assistance of a number of IDA staff members, especially Sylvia Horowitz, who copyedited the entire manuscript and supervised its transformation for computer-generated typesetting. Vivian Carlip gave a second editorial reading, Cecily O'Neil helped with production, the manuscript was proofread by Vera Beers-Tyler, and Peter Daly designed the map on the following page. To the contributors, of course, goes our greatest appreciation, for their gracious cooperation in making requested revisions as well as for the content of their work.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429712286
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
The editors are grateful for the editing and production assistance of a number of IDA staff members, especially Sylvia Horowitz, who copyedited the entire manuscript and supervised its transformation for computer-generated typesetting. Vivian Carlip gave a second editorial reading, Cecily O'Neil helped with production, the manuscript was proofread by Vera Beers-Tyler, and Peter Daly designed the map on the following page. To the contributors, of course, goes our greatest appreciation, for their gracious cooperation in making requested revisions as well as for the content of their work.
Lands of the Future
Author: Echi Christina Gabbert
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1789209919
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Rangeland, forests and riverine landscapes of pastoral communities in Eastern Africa are increasingly under threat. Abetted by states who think that outsiders can better use the lands than the people who have lived there for centuries, outside commercial interests have displaced indigenous dwellers from pastoral territories. This volume presents case studies from Eastern Africa, based on long-term field research, that vividly illustrate the struggles and strategies of those who face dispossession and also discredit ideological false modernist tropes like ‘backwardness’ and ‘primitiveness’.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1789209919
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Rangeland, forests and riverine landscapes of pastoral communities in Eastern Africa are increasingly under threat. Abetted by states who think that outsiders can better use the lands than the people who have lived there for centuries, outside commercial interests have displaced indigenous dwellers from pastoral territories. This volume presents case studies from Eastern Africa, based on long-term field research, that vividly illustrate the struggles and strategies of those who face dispossession and also discredit ideological false modernist tropes like ‘backwardness’ and ‘primitiveness’.
Development from Below
Author: David C. Pitt
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110805332
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110805332
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The Transformation of East Africa
Author: Stanley Diamond
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Collection of articles on the social implications of the historical and political setting of East Africa - covers (1) the role of UK during the pre-colonial and colonial period, and the status of minority groups, (2) emerging nationalist ideologies, (3) regional social structures and urban area society, education, cultural factors, tradition, religion, natural resources, economic development, and government structures following accession to independence. Maps and references.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Collection of articles on the social implications of the historical and political setting of East Africa - covers (1) the role of UK during the pre-colonial and colonial period, and the status of minority groups, (2) emerging nationalist ideologies, (3) regional social structures and urban area society, education, cultural factors, tradition, religion, natural resources, economic development, and government structures following accession to independence. Maps and references.
A Century of Change in Eastern Africa
Author: W. Arens
Publisher: Hague : Mouton ; Chicago : distributed in the USA and Canada by Aldine
ISBN:
Category : LITERARY COLLECTIONS
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher: Hague : Mouton ; Chicago : distributed in the USA and Canada by Aldine
ISBN:
Category : LITERARY COLLECTIONS
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Pastoral Continuum
Author: Paul Spencer
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0191583448
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Paul Spencer presents the definitive study of the ways of life of the cattle-herding peoples of East Africa, drawing on many years of research. This region has offered a prime example of a traditional culture resisting the inevitability of change; it provides the best-known and most extensive instance both of cattle-pastoralist society and of social organization based primarily on age. Pastoral peoples were once dominant in the East African interior, but development of the market economy has progressively polarized the region and forced them into the most marginal, drought-ridden areas; in this ecological trap they have become a peripheral underclass. The Pastoral Continuum examines the richness and resilience of their cultures and illuminates the role of indigenous practices and institutions in adaptation and survival. The pastoralists' systems of age organization in particular are notable for their resilience: it is demonstrated that these are bound up with problems of growth and succession in family enterprises, and that marriage is a critical link in the web of alliance that governs the problematic relations between old and young. Spencer's exploration of the development of the pastoralist phenomenon yields a unique view of its place in the modern world and its prospects for the future. This landmark work by a leading authority will be of lasting value to any reader interested in traditional social systems of this kind.
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0191583448
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Paul Spencer presents the definitive study of the ways of life of the cattle-herding peoples of East Africa, drawing on many years of research. This region has offered a prime example of a traditional culture resisting the inevitability of change; it provides the best-known and most extensive instance both of cattle-pastoralist society and of social organization based primarily on age. Pastoral peoples were once dominant in the East African interior, but development of the market economy has progressively polarized the region and forced them into the most marginal, drought-ridden areas; in this ecological trap they have become a peripheral underclass. The Pastoral Continuum examines the richness and resilience of their cultures and illuminates the role of indigenous practices and institutions in adaptation and survival. The pastoralists' systems of age organization in particular are notable for their resilience: it is demonstrated that these are bound up with problems of growth and succession in family enterprises, and that marriage is a critical link in the web of alliance that governs the problematic relations between old and young. Spencer's exploration of the development of the pastoralist phenomenon yields a unique view of its place in the modern world and its prospects for the future. This landmark work by a leading authority will be of lasting value to any reader interested in traditional social systems of this kind.
East African Societies
Author: Aylward Shorter
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136534091
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Focussing on the mechanics of social change and the interaction between ethnic groups, cultures, structures and value systems the background questions of ecology, demography and history are also examined and the process of urbanization and rural revolution described. Trends in marriage and family life, education and religious ideas are also discussed and case studies from each country included. First published in 1974.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136534091
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Focussing on the mechanics of social change and the interaction between ethnic groups, cultures, structures and value systems the background questions of ecology, demography and history are also examined and the process of urbanization and rural revolution described. Trends in marriage and family life, education and religious ideas are also discussed and case studies from each country included. First published in 1974.
Colonialism and Change
Author: Maxwell Owusu
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110812630
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110812630
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Tradition and Transition in East Africa
Author: P. H. Gulliver
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520326628
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
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 1969.
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520326628
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
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 1969.
Changing Identifications and Alliances in North-East Africa
Author: Günther Schlee
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781845456047
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account of the nature and significance of ethnic, religious, and national identity in north-east Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed and change over time, and how local, national, and international politics are interwoven. Specific attention is paid to the impact of modern weaponry, new technologies, religious conversion, food and land shortages, international borders, civil war, and displacement on group identities. Drawing on the expertise of anthropologists, historians and geographers, these volumes provide a significant account of a society profoundly shaped by identity politics and contribute to a better understanding of the nature of conflict and war, and forms of alliance and peacemaking, thus providing a comprehensive portrait of this troubled region.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781845456047
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account of the nature and significance of ethnic, religious, and national identity in north-east Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed and change over time, and how local, national, and international politics are interwoven. Specific attention is paid to the impact of modern weaponry, new technologies, religious conversion, food and land shortages, international borders, civil war, and displacement on group identities. Drawing on the expertise of anthropologists, historians and geographers, these volumes provide a significant account of a society profoundly shaped by identity politics and contribute to a better understanding of the nature of conflict and war, and forms of alliance and peacemaking, thus providing a comprehensive portrait of this troubled region.