| The Swahili: Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 8-15 Contributor(s): Nurse, Derek (Author), Spear, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 081221207X ISBN-13: 9780812212075 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1985 Annotation: "As an introduction to how the history of an African society can be reconstructed from largely nonliterate sources, and to the Swahili in particular, . . . a model work."--"International Journal of African Historical Studies" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306.08 |
| LCCN: 84003659 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Series: Ethnohistory |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.55 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The authors, respectively a linguist specializing in Swahili and related Bantu languages and a historian specializing in the history of East Africa, have assembled an impressive array of evidence--linguistic, archaeological, documentary, and oral-traditi |