Empire and the Nuer documents and texts from the pacification of the Southern Sudan 1898-1930

The documents edited here cover the significant events in the contact, conquest, and pacification of the Nuer from 1898 to 1930. They contain some of the earliest 20th-century ethnographic descriptions of the Nuer and their Dinka and Mabaan neighbors. Together these sources provide a historical cont...

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Weitere Verfasser: Johnson, Douglas H. 1949- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press 2016
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe:Fontes historiae Africanae / New series 13
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Zusammenfassung:The documents edited here cover the significant events in the contact, conquest, and pacification of the Nuer from 1898 to 1930. They contain some of the earliest 20th-century ethnographic descriptions of the Nuer and their Dinka and Mabaan neighbors. Together these sources provide a historical context for further understanding Evans-Pritchard's ethnography, as well as a more detailed understanding of the events that led to incorporation of the Nuer into the colonial state
Beschreibung:xxxviii, 320 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm