| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 428 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-409) and index. |
| Summary |
<DIV> Vansina's scope is breathtaking: he reconstructs the history of the forest lands that cover all or part of southern Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Congo, Zaire, the Central African Republic, and Cabinda in Angola, discussing the original settlement of the forest by the western Bantu; the periods of expansion and innovation in agriculture; the development of metallurgy; the rise and fall of political forms and of power; the coming of Atlantic trade and colonialism; and the conquest of the rainforests by colonial powers and the destruction of a way of life. "In 400 elegantly brilliant pages Vansina lays out five millennia of history for nearly 200 distinguishable regions of the forest of equatorial Africa around a new, subtly paradoxical interpretation of 'tradition.'"--Joseph Miller, University of Virginia "Vansina gives extended coverage ... to the broad features of culture and the major lines of historical development across the region between 3000 B.C. and A.D. 1000. It is truly an outstanding effort, readable, subtle, and integrative in its interpretations, and comprehensive in scope. ... It is a seminal study ... but it is also a substantive history that will long retain its usefulness."-Christopher Ehret, American Historical Review. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government.
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Sub-Saharan Africa. |
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Politics and government. |
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Africa, Central -- Politics and government.
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Central Africa. |
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Bantu-speaking peoples -- Politics and government.
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Bantu-speaking peoples -- Politics and government. |
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Bantu-speaking peoples. |
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Bantu languages -- History.
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Bantu languages. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vansina, Jan. Paths in the rainforests. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c1990 (DLC) 90050100 |
| ISBN |
9780299125738 (electronic book) |
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0299125734 (electronic book) |
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029912570X |
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9780299125707 |
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0299125742 |
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9780299125745 |
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1283485931 |
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9781283485937 |
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