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UNINA9910824739903321 |
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Titolo |
Written culture in a colonial context [[electronic resource] ] : Africa and the Americas, 1500-1900 / / edited by Adrien Delmas, Nigel Penn |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Leiden [The Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-47080-2 |
9786613470805 |
90-04-22524-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (411 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Written communication - Africa - History |
Written communication - America - History |
Communication and culture - Africa - History |
Communication and culture - America - History |
Cultural relations - History |
Africa Colonization History Congresses |
America Colonization History Congresses |
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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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Papers first presented at a conference at the University of Cape Town in Dec. 2008. |
Previously published: UCT Press, 2011. |
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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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Foreword: Writing at Sea / Isabel Hofmeyr -- Introduction: the written word and the world / Adrien Delmas -- Rock art, scripts and proto-scripts in Africa: the Libyco-Berber example / Jean-Loïc Le Quellec -- From pictures to letters: the early steps in the Mexican tlahcuilo's alphabetisation process during the 16th century / Patrick Johansson -- Edmond R. Smith's writing lesson: archive and representation in 19th century Araucanía / André Menard -- Missionary knowledge in context: geographical knowledge of Ethiopia in dialogue during the 16th and 17th centuries / Hervé Pennec -- From travelling to history: an outline of the VOC writing system during the 17th century / Adrien Delmas -- Towards an archaeology of globalisation: readings and writings of Tommaso Campanella on a theological-political empire between the |
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