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A history of African societies to 1870 / Elizabeth Isichei.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Isichei, Elizabeth Allo.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Africa.
- Ethnology.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 578 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- Professor Isichei covers all facets of Africa's past, from prehistory to about 1870. She displays immense learning and an exhaustive command of the literature. Isichei's study reflects several emphases in recent scholarship, focusing on "history seen from below", on changing modes of production, on gender relations and on ecology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [456]-569) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521454441
- 0521455995
- OCLC:
- 36976708
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