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The Early State in African Perspective

The Early State in African Perspective Culture, Power and Division of Labor - Studies in Human Society

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Publisher's Synopsis

The essays in this volume are the product of an interdisciplinary research seminar on "The Early State in Africa", conducted during the 1979-1980 academic year at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This seminar was one of a series of seminars on comparative civilizations. The participants included historians, sociologists, political scientists, and specialists in comparative religion, who shared an interest in the emergence and dynamics of the state in Africa and were concerned with trying to understand its origins and its various manifestations on the continent.

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Book information

ISBN: 9789004083554
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 210
Weight: 399g
Height: 240mm
Width: 160mm
Spine width: 14mm