Author: William Percival Johnson
Publisher:
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Category : Johnson, William Percival
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
My African Reminiscences, 1875-1895. [With Portraits.].
Author: William Percival Johnson
Publisher:
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Category : Johnson, William Percival
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Johnson, William Percival
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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The Gun in Central Africa
Author: Giacomo Macola
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821445553
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Why did some central African peoples embrace gun technology in the nineteenth century, and others turn their backs on it? In answering this question, The Gun in Central Africa offers a thorough reassessment of the history of firearms in central Africa. Marrying the insights of Africanist historiography with those of consumption and science and technology studies, Giacomo Macola approaches the subject from a culturally sensitive perspective that encompasses both the practical and the symbolic attributes of firearms. Informed by the view that the power of objects extends beyond their immediate service functions, The Gun in Central Africa presents Africans as agents of technological re-innovation who understood guns in terms of their changing social structures and political interests. By placing firearms at the heart of the analysis, this volume casts new light on processes of state formation and military revolution in the era of the long-distance trade, the workings of central African gender identities and honor cultures, and the politics of the colonial encounter.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821445553
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Why did some central African peoples embrace gun technology in the nineteenth century, and others turn their backs on it? In answering this question, The Gun in Central Africa offers a thorough reassessment of the history of firearms in central Africa. Marrying the insights of Africanist historiography with those of consumption and science and technology studies, Giacomo Macola approaches the subject from a culturally sensitive perspective that encompasses both the practical and the symbolic attributes of firearms. Informed by the view that the power of objects extends beyond their immediate service functions, The Gun in Central Africa presents Africans as agents of technological re-innovation who understood guns in terms of their changing social structures and political interests. By placing firearms at the heart of the analysis, this volume casts new light on processes of state formation and military revolution in the era of the long-distance trade, the workings of central African gender identities and honor cultures, and the politics of the colonial encounter.
A Catalogue of Books on Africa, Mainly South of the Equator in the Library of Ida and F.W. Hosken, Copperhouse, Honeydew, Transvaal
Author: Ida Hosken
Publisher: W.H. Press
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Publisher: W.H. Press
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Recent Geographical Literature, Maps and Photographs
Author: Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 702
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 702
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B.H. Blackwell
Author: B.H. Blackwell Ltd
Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1388
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1388
Book Description
Recent Geographical Literature, Maps, and Photographs Added to the Society's Collection
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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The Dictionary Catalog of the Vivian G. Harsh Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, the Chicago Public Library
Author: Chicago Public Library
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
My African Reminiscences, 1875-1895
Author: William Percival Johnson
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Biography Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Commonwealth Society
Author: Royal Commonwealth Society. Library
Publisher: London : Royal Commonwealth Society
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Publisher: London : Royal Commonwealth Society
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Jesse E. Moorland Collection of Negro Life and History, Howard University Library, Washington, D.C.
Author: Moorland Foundation
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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