| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 298 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Afrika-Studiecentrum series,
1570-9310 ;
v. 13
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Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 13.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of Photographs -- List of Maps -- Preface: Motor Vehicles and People in Africa : An Introduction / Jan-Bart Gewald, Sabine Luning & Klaas van Walraven -- Part I: Historical Perspectives -- Chapter 1. People, Mines and cars: Towards a Revision of Zambian History, 1890-1930 / Jan-Bart Gewald -- Chapter 2. Motor cars and Modernity: Pining for Progress in Portuguese Guinea, 1915-1945 / Philip J. Havik -- Chapter 3. Vehicle of Sedition:The Role of Transport Workers in Sawaba's Rebellion in Niger, 1954-1966 / Klaas van Walraven -- Part II: Economic Perspectives -- Chapter 4. Hug me, Hold me Tight! The Evolution of Passenger Transport in Luanda and Huambo (Angola), 1975-2000 / Carlos M. Lopes -- Chapter 5. Striking Gold in Cotonou? Three Cases of Entrepreneur-Ship in the Euro-West African Second-Hand car Trade in Benin / Joost Beuving -- Part III: Antropological Perspectives -- Chapter 6. The Art of Truck Modding on the Nile (Sudan): An Attempt to Trace Creativity / Kurt Beck -- Chapter 7. The Hilux and the "Body Thrower" : Khat Transporters in Kenya / Neil Carrier -- Chapter 8. Modern chariots: Speed and Mobility in Contemporary "small" Wars in the Sahara / Georg Klute -- Chapter 9. Religion on the Road: The Spiritual Experience of Road Travel in Ghana / Gabriel Klaeger -- Chapter 10. A chief's Fatal car Accident: Political History and Moral Geography in Burkina Faso / Sabine Luning -- Chapter 11. "Anyway!" : Lorry Inscriptions in Ghana / Sjaak van der Geest -- List of Authors. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Transportation, Automotive -- Social aspects -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.
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Transportation, Automotive -- Social aspects. |
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Africa. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Transportation, Automotive. |
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Motor vehicles -- Social aspects -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.
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Motor vehicles. |
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Social aspects. |
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Africa -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Gewald, Jan-Bart.
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Luning, Sabine.
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Walraven, Klaas van, 1958-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Speed of change. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004177352 (DLC) 2009022052 (OCoLC)318867371 |
| ISBN |
9789047430797 (electronic book) |
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9047430794 (electronic book) |
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1282603027 |
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9781282603028 |
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9789004177352 (paperback) |
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9004177353 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004177352.i-298 |
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