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Leonard Plotnicov
Strangers to the City [PDF ebook]
Urban Man in Jos, Nigeria

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Leonard Plotnicov offers a fascinating study of the urbanization of tribal Africans. His study is based on extensive interviews with residents of Jos, Nigeria over a two-year period. The participants come from a variety of social and cultural backgrounds, and Plotnicov portrays the difficulties associated with assimilation into a Westernized society.

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<b>Leonard Plotnicov</b> was professor of anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh and editor of the journal Ethnology.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 345 ● ISBN 9780822974048 ● File size 5.9 MB ● Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press ● City PIttsburgh ● Country US ● Published 2010 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 9400869 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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