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How societies are born : governance in West Central Africa before 1600 / Jan Vansina.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vansina, Jan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tribal government--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Tribal government.
- Tribal government--Africa, Central.
- Political anthropology--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Political anthropology.
- Political anthropology--Africa, Central.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Politics and government.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Africa, Central--Politics and government.
- Africa, Central.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (341 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Interestingly, these proceeded well beyond environmental constraints and were characterized by "major differences in the subjects which enthralled people," whether these were cattle, initiations and social position, or "the splendors of sacralized leaders and the possibilities of participating in them.".
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-309) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283806152
- 1283806150
- 9780813934181
- 0813934184
- OCLC:
- 823729269
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb09267 hdl
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