Sources and Methods in African History: Spoken Written Unearthed: 15 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1580461409 ISBN 13: 9781580461405

Casa editrice: University of Rochester Press, 2004

Riassunto

An overview of the ongoing methods used to understand African history. Spurred in part by the ongoing re-evaluation of sources and methods in research, African historiography in the past two decades has been characterized by the continued branching and increasing sophistication of methodologies and areas of specialization. The rate of incorporation of new sources and methods into African historical research shows no signs of slowing. This book is both a snapshot of current academic practice and an attempt to sort throughsome of the problems scholars face within this unfolding web of sources and methods. The book is divided into five sections, each of which begins with a short introduction by a distinguished Africanist scholar. The first sectiondeals with archaeological contributions to historical research. The second section examines the methodologies involved in deciphering historically accurate African ethnic identities from the records of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The third section mines old documentary sources for new historical perspectives. The fourth section deals with the method most often associated with African historians, that of drawing historical data from oral tradition. Thefifth section is devoted to essays that present innovative sources and methods for African historical research. Together, the essays in this cutting-edge volume represent the current state of the art in African historical research. Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Christian Jennings is a Doctoral Candidatein History at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Informazioni sull?autore

TOYIN FALOLA is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: University of Rochester Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1580461409
• ISBN 13: 9781580461405
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 432
• Redattore: Falola Professor Toyin, Jennings Christian
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