Boundaries, Communities and State-Making in West Africa
Title | Boundaries, Communities and State-Making in West Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Nugent |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 637 |
Release | 2019-06-06 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1107020689 |
By examining three centuries of history, this book shows how vital border regions have been in shaping states and social contracts.
Afro-European Trade in the Atlantic World
Title | Afro-European Trade in the Atlantic World PDF eBook |
Author | Silke Strickrodt |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1847011101 |
A uniquely detailed account of the dynamics of Afro-European trade in two states on the western Slave Coast over three centuries and the transition from slave trade to legitimate commerce.
West Africa
Title | West Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain. Colonial Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 454 |
Release | 1927 |
Genre | Ghana |
ISBN |
Craftwork as Problem Solving
Title | Craftwork as Problem Solving PDF eBook |
Author | Trevor H.J. Marchand |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 319 |
Release | 2017-05-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1134802293 |
This volume brings together a cross-disciplinary group of anthropologists, researchers of craft, and designer-makers to enumerate and explore the diversity and complexity of problem-solving tactics and strategies employed by craftspeople, together with the key social, cultural, and environmental factors that give rise to particular ways of problem solving. Presenting rich, textured ethnographic studies of craftspeople at work around the world, Craftwork as Problem Solving examines the intelligent practices involved in solving a variety of problems and the ways in which these are perceived and evaluated both by makers and creators themselves, and by the societies in which they work. With attention to local factors such as training regimes and formal education, access to tools, socialisation and cultural understanding, budgetary constraints and market demands, changing technologies and materials, and political and economic regimes, this book sheds fresh light on the multifarious forms of intelligence involved in design and making, inventing and manufacturing, and cultivating and producing. As such, it will appeal to scholars of anthropology, sociology, and cultural geography, as well as to craftspeople with interests in creativity, skilful practice, perception and ethnography.
Colonial
Title | Colonial PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 540 |
Release | 1927 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN |
Includes Reports on Palestine Administration, July 1920-December 1922 and Reports on Iraq Administration, Oct. 1920-March 1922.
Current Perspectives in the Archaeology of Ghana
Title | Current Perspectives in the Archaeology of Ghana PDF eBook |
Author | Anquandah, James |
Publisher | Sub-Saharan Publishers |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2015-04-26 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9988860234 |
This collection of essays on archaeology and heritage studies is authored by local and expatriate scholars who are either past or current practitioners in archaeological work in Ghana. They are from Ghana, UK, US and Canada. The subject matter covered includes the history and evolution of the discipline in Ghana; the method and theory or 'how to do it' in archaeology, field research reports, and syntheses on findings from past and recent investigations. The eclectic or multidisciplinary strategy has been the research vogue in Ghanaian archaeology recently, and this is reflected in the various chapters. The essays engage with current theoretical trends in global archaeology and also focus on the role and status of archaeology as a discipline in Ghanaian society today. Archaeology is a relatively 'novel' subject to many in Ghana. This Reader will, therefore, be a huge asset to local students and experts alike. Foreign scholars will also find it very useful.
Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana
Title | Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 484 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Ghana |
ISBN |