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DeLancey Mark Dike <1973-> |
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Titolo |
Conquest and construction : palace architecture in northern Cameroon / / by Mark Dike DeLancey |
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Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2016] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Palaces - Cameroon - History |
Architecture - Cameroon - History |
Architecture |
Fula (African people) |
Fula (African people) - Kings and rulers |
Kings and rulers - Dwellings |
Palaces |
History |
Fulani Empire History |
Ngaoundéré (Cameroon) Kings and rulers Dwellings History |
Africa Fulani Empire |
Cameroon |
Cameroon Ngaoundéré |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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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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Preliminary Material / Mark Dike DeLancey -- Introduction / Mark Dike DeLancey -- Architectural Form / Mark Dike DeLancey -- Political Symbolism / Mark Dike DeLancey -- Spatial Orientation / Mark Dike DeLancey -- Ritual Movement / Mark Dike DeLancey -- Secrecy / Mark Dike DeLancey -- Conclusion / Mark Dike DeLancey -- Bibliography / Mark Dike DeLancey -- Index / Mark Dike DeLancey. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Conquest and Construction Mark Dike DeLancey investigates the palace architecture of northern Cameroon, a region that was conquered in the early nineteenth century by primarily semi-nomadic, pastoralist, Muslim, Fulɓe forces and incorporated as the largest emirate of the |
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