David Newbury is the Gwendolen Carter Professor of African Studies at Smith College. His books include Kings and Clans: A Social History of the Lake Kivu Rift Valley, African Historiographies: What History for Which Africa?, and Paths to the Past: Essays in Honor of Jan Vansina.
12 Ebooks por Jan Vansina
David Newbury: The Land beyond the Mists
The horrific tragedies of Central Africa in the 1990s riveted the attention of the world. But these crises did not occur in a historical vacuum. By peering through the mists of the past, the case stu …
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Jan Vansina: The Tio Kingdom of The Middle Congo
Originally published in 1973, this book reconstructs the political and economic organization and the social life of the Tio kingdom at the end of the 19th century by means of a critical synthesis of …
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€59.06
Jan Vansina: The Tio Kingdom of The Middle Congo
Originally published in 1973, this book reconstructs the political and economic organization and the social life of the Tio kingdom at the end of the 19th century by means of a critical synthesis of …
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€59.06
Jan Vansina: Les Tribus Ba-Kuba et les Peuplades Apparentees
Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously u …
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€48.79
Jan Vansina: Les Tribus Ba-Kuba et les Peuplades Apparentees
Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously u …
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€48.48
Jan Vansina: How Societies Are Born
Like stars, societies are born, and this story deals with such a birth. It asks a fundamental and compelling question: How did societies first coalesce from the small foraging communities that had ro …
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€46.87
Jan Vansina: Habitat, Economy and Society in the Central Africa Rain Forest
Over 50 years ago, the renowned anthropologist Daryll Forde strongly advocated comparative anthropological studies. Professor Vansina argues that 50 years later, Forde’s criticisms still apply despit …
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€42.44
Jan Vansina: Habitat, Economy and Society in the Central Africa Rain Forest
Over 50 years ago, the renowned anthropologist Daryll Forde strongly advocated comparative anthropological studies. Professor Vansina argues that 50 years later, Forde’s criticisms still apply despit …
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€42.36
Robert Loring Allen: Oral Tradition
Oral traditions are historical sources of a special nature. Their special nature derives from the fact that they are ""unwritten"" sources couched in a form suitable for oral tran …
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€59.05
Robert Loring Allen: Oral Tradition
Oral traditions are historical sources of a special nature. Their special nature derives from the fact that they are ""unwritten"" sources couched in a form suitable for oral tran …
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€59.12
R. Mauny & L. V. Thomas: Historian in Tropical Africa
Originally published in 1964 these papers discuss the recovery and critical interpretation of oral traditions and written documents, problems of dating and analysis of material from archaeological si …
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€42.06
R. Mauny & L. V. Thomas: Historian in Tropical Africa
Originally published in 1964 these papers discuss the recovery and critical interpretation of oral traditions and written documents, problems of dating and analysis of material from archaeological si …
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€42.35
