Making ethnic ways : communities and their transformations in Taita, Kenya, 1800-1950 /

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Author / Creator:Bravman, Bill.
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
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ISBN:0325001057 (alk. paper)
0325001049 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-278) and index.
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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
Physical Description:xiv, 283 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-278) and index.
ISBN:0325001057
0325001049