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Autore |
Fabian Johannes |
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Titolo |
Out of Our Minds [[electronic resource] ] : Reason and Madness in the Exploration of Central Africa |
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Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-520-92393-6 |
1-59734-790-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethnologists |
Ethnology |
Ethnology-- Africa, Central-- Fieldwork |
First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners |
First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners - Africa, Central - History |
Ethnology - Fieldwork - Africa, Central |
Ethnologists - History - Africa, Central |
First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners - History - Africa, Central |
Anthropology - General |
Anthropology |
Social Sciences |
Electronic books. |
Africa, Central Discovery and exploration German |
Africa, Central Discovery and exploration Belgian |
Africa, Central Description and travel |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Travel, Exploration, and Occupation; 3. Living and Dying; 4. Drives, Emotions, and Moods; 5. Things, Sounds, and Spectacles; 6. Communicating and Commanding; 7. Charisma, |
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Cannabis, and Crossing Africa: Explorers in the Land of Friendship; 8. Making Knowledge: The Senses and Cognition; 9. Making Sense: Knowledge and Understanding; 10. Presence and Representation; 11. Epilogue; Appendix: Expeditions; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Explorers and ethnographers in Africa during the period of colonial expansion are usually assumed to have been guided by rational aims such as the desire for scientific knowledge, fame, or financial gain. This book, the culmination of many years of research on nineteenth-century exploration in Central Africa, provides a new view of those early European explorers and their encounters with Africans. |
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