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UNINA9910814198603321 |
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Autore |
Ogundiran Akinwumi |
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Titolo |
The Yor̀ub́a : a new history / / Akinwumi Ogundiran |
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Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2020] |
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©2020 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xviii, 532 pages, 8 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Yoruba (African people) - History |
Yoruba (African people) - Origin |
Benin History |
Nigeria History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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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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; pt. 1 Introduction -- 1.Writing A New History -- pt. III Birth of the Yoruba Community of Practice, ca. 300 BC-AD 1420 -- 2.The Emergence Of A House Society -- 3.Knowledge Capital And Referentiality -- pt. III Atrophy and Regeneration, ca. 1400-1650 -- 4.Atrophy -- 5.Regeneration And Restoration -- pt. IV Atlantic Entanglements, 1630-1840 -- 6.Merchant Capital Revolution -- 7.Sociality Of Merchant Capital -- 8.Perennial Inequality -- 9.A House Divided -- ; pt. V Conclusion -- 10.The Past in the Present. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In The Yoruba: A New History, Akinwumi Ogundiran examines the development of the ideas and practices that have shaped the Yoruba identity and experience going back as far as AD 800. |
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