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Paths in the Rainforests : Toward a History of Political Tradition in Equatorial Africa by Jan M. Vansina (1990, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-100299125742
ISBN-139780299125745
eBay Product ID (ePID)108757
Product Key Features
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePaths in the Rainforests : Toward a History of Political Tradition in Equatorial Africa
SubjectAfrican Languages (See Also Swahili), Africa / Central
Publication Year1990
TypeLanguage Course
AuthorJan M. Vansina
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight21.3 Oz
Item Length12.8 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN90-050100
Reviews"Until the publication of Paths in the Rainforests , it was difficult to make more than superficial attacks on the widespread myth that Central African peoples live in 'impenetrable jungles as their ancestors have lived for thousands of years.' Even those few among the 200-plus small scale societies that we have understood in some depth have seemed isolated in time and space. Jan Vansina's Paths makes a truly significant contribution to African history by providing a solid framework for the description and integration of a millennium of evolution of the many societies of the vast rainforests."--Curtis A. Keim, African Studies Review, "Until the publication of Paths in the Rainforests , it was difficult to make more than superficial attacks on the widespread myth that Central African peoples live in 'impenetrable jungles as their ancestors have lived for thousands of years.' Even those few among the 200-plus small scale societies that we have understood in some depth have seemed isolated in time and space. Jan Vansina's Paths makes a truly significant contribution to African history by providing a solid framework for the description and integration of a millennium of evolution of the many societies of the vast rainforests."--Curtis A. Keim, African Studies Review, "Until the publication of Paths in the Rainforests , it was difficult to make more than superficial attacks on the widespread myth that Central African peoples live in 'impenetrable jungles as their ancestors have lived for thousands of years.' Even those few among the 200-plus small scale societies that we have understood in some depth have seemed isolated in time and space. Jan Vansina's Paths makes a truly significant contribution to African history by providing a solid framework for the description and integration of a millennium of evolution of the many societies of the vast rainforests."-Curtis A. Keim, African Studies Review
IllustratedYes
SynopsisVansina's scope is breathtaking: he reconstructs the history of the forest lands that cover all or part of southern Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Congo, Zaire, the Central African Republic, and Cabinda in Angola, discussing the original settlement of the forest by the western Bantu; the periods of expansion and innovation in agriculture; the development of metallurgy; the rise and fall of political forms and of power; the coming of Atlantic trade and colonialism; and the conquest of the rainforests by colonial powers and the destruction of a way of life. "In 400 elegantly brilliant pages Vansina lays out five millennia of history for nearly 200 distinguishable regions of the forest of equatorial Africa around a new, subtly paradoxical interpretation of 'tradition.'" -Joseph Miller, University of Virginia "Vansina gives extended coverage . . . to the broad features of culture and the major lines of historical development across the region between 3000 B.C. and A.D. 1000. It is truly an outstanding effort, readable, subtle, and integrative in its interpretations, and comprehensive in scope. . . . It is a seminal study . . . but it is also a substantive history that will long retain its usefulness."-Christopher Ehret, American Historical Review, Vansina's scope is breathtaking: he reconstructs the history of the forest lands that cover all or part of southern Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Congo, Zaire, the Central African Republic, and Cabinda in Angola, discussing the original settlement of the forest by the western Bantu; the periods of expansion and innovation in agriculture; the development of metallurgy; the rise and fall of political forms and of power; the coming of Atlantic trade and colonialism; and the conquest of the rainforests by colonial powers and the destruction of a way of life. "In 400 elegantly brilliant pages Vansina lays out five millennia of history for nearly 200 distinguishable regions of the forest of equatorial Africa around a new, subtly paradoxical interpretation of 'tradition.'" --Joseph Miller, University of Virginia "Vansina gives extended coverage . . . to the broad features of culture and the major lines of historical development across the region between 3000 B.C. and A.D. 1000. It is truly an outstanding effort, readable, subtle, and integrative in its interpretations, and comprehensive in scope. . . . It is a seminal study . . . but it is also a substantive history that will long retain its usefulness."--Christopher Ehret, American Historical Review
LC Classification NumberDT352.65.V36 1990
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