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Ordering Africa: Anthropology, European Imperialism and the Politics of Knowledge
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Ordering Africa: Anthropology, European Imperialism and the Politics of Knowledge
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Helen Tilley
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Edited by Robert Gordon
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| Series | Studies in Imperialism |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:404 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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| Category/Genre | African history
Colonialism and imperialism |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780719082122
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| Classifications | Dewey:305.80096 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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| Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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| Publication Date |
1 June 2010 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
provides the first comparative overview of the role of anthropology in colonial Africa. With essays exploring metropolitan research institutes, Africans as ethnographers and the transnational features of knowledge production, this volume both consolidates and extends a range of new research questions focusing on the politics of imperial knowledge. -- .
Author Biography
Helen Tilley is Assistant Professor in the History Department at Princeton University with affiliations to the Programs in the History of Science and African Studies. Robert Gordon is a Professor of anthropology at the University of Vermont and a Research Affiliate at Free State University. His most recent book is Tarzan was an Expatriate and other tales in the anthropology of adventureA" edited with Luis Vivanco.
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