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Record Nr.

UNINA9910494597103321

Titolo

African crossroads : intersections between history and anthropology in Cameroon / / edited by Ian Fowler and David Zeitlyn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Providence, Rhode Island ; ; Oxford, England : , : Berghahn Books, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

1-57181-926-6

1-57181-859-6

1-78238-878-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Cameroon studies ; ; Volume 2

Disciplina

967.11

Soggetti

Ethnology - Cameroon

Electronic books.

Cameroon History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

AFRICAN CROSSROADS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE. The Person, Ethnicity and the Problem of 'Identity' in West Africa; CHAPTER TWO. Political Relationships on the Eastern Marches of Adamawa in the Late Nineteenth Century; CHAPTER THREE. Mythic Transformation and Historical Continuity; CHAPTER FOUR. Imperialisms at the Century's End; CHAPTER FIVE. Nso' Military Organisation and Warfare in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; CHAPTER SIX. Rebellion, Defection and the Position of Male Cadets; CHAPTER SEVEN. Catholicism & Nso' Traditional Beliefs

CHAPTER EIGHT. Pursue to AttainCHAPTER NINE. Political Dress; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; BIBLIOGRAPHY