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Author Stahl, Ann Brower, 1954-

Title Making history in Banda : anthropological visions of Africa's past / Ann Brower Stahl.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 268 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series New studies in archaeology
New studies in archaeology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-257) and index.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; FIGURES; PLATES; TABLES; PREFACE; 1 Refracted visions of Africa s past; 2 Envisioning Africa s lived past; 3 The past in the present: history-making in Banda; 4 The political-economic context; 5 Local life in the context of the Niger trade c. 1300 ... 1700; 6 The changing social fields of Banda villagers c. 1725 ... 1825; 7 The changing social fields of Banda villagers c. 1825 ... 1925; 8 Reflections: historical anthropology and the construction of Africa s past; NOTES; REFERENCES.
Summary Using approaches from several disciplines, Stahl reconstructs the daily lives of Banda villagers of west central Ghana, from when they were drawn into the Niger trade (around 1300 AD) until the twentieth century establishment of British overrule. Stahl argues for closer integration of archaeology, history and anthropology in African studies.
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Subject Ethnoarchaeology -- Ghana -- Banda (Brong-Ahafo Region)
Ethnoarchaeology.
Ghana -- Banda (Brong-Ahafo Region)
Archaeology and history -- Ghana -- Banda (Brong-Ahafo Region)
Archaeology and history.
Banda (Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana) -- History.
Ghana -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Stahl, Ann Brower, 1954- Making history in Banda. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 0521801826 (DLC) 00045521 (OCoLC)46909328
ISBN 0511016263 (electronic book)
9780511016264 (electronic book)
0511047681
9780511047688
9780511489600 (ebook)
0511489609 (ebook)
9780521801829 (hardback)
0521801826 (hardback)
0521801826