Making ethnic ways : communities and their transformations in Taita, Kenya, 1800-1950 /
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Author / Creator: | Bravman, Bill. |
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Imprint: | Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c1998. |
Description: | xiv, 283 p. ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Social history of Africa |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3753657 |
Summary: | Examines the emergence of a Taita ethnic identity in early 20th-century Africa, the historical and new resources from which it was created, and the continual remaking of it. Analyzes how social groups in Taita formed and changed over a long period of time, and how the groups' social outlooks and bel |
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Physical Description: | xiv, 283 p. ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-278) and index. |
ISBN: | 0325001057 0325001049 |