Strength beyond structure : social and historical trajectories of agency in Africa / edited by Miriam de Bruijn, Rijk van Dijk, Jan-Bart Gewald.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bruijn, Mirjam de, 1962-

Dijk, Rijk van, 1959-

Gewald, Jan-Bart.

Series:

African dynamics ; 6.

African dynamics, 1568-1777 ; v. 6

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Africa--Social conditions--1960-.

Africa.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

x, 344 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

One paper in French.

Summary:

Drawing on a wide range of historical and anthropological case studies from various parts of Africa, this anthology provides an understanding of the importance of agency in processes of social transformation, especially in the context of crisis and structural constraint.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9004156968

9789004156968

OCLC:

153579319