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The human factor in changing Africa. created by Melville J. Herskovits

By: Material type: TextTextLondon Routledge and Kegan Paul 1962Description: 500 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Summary: Focusing on the problems of change and resistance to change that mark the African sub-continent, this book examines Africa's place in the world from earliest times. It considers the nature of its peoples in their prehistoric development, the ways in which their cultures were oriented, and the ways in which these cultures guided their reactions to European ideas. It also assesses the human responses to industrial, technological and economic changes and the re-discovery by the Africans of African culture.
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Book Book School of Social Work Library Open Shelf GN405 HER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 151944 Available BK138656

Includes bibliographical references and index

Focusing on the problems of change and resistance to change that mark the African sub-continent, this book examines Africa's place in the world from earliest times. It considers the nature of its peoples in their prehistoric development, the ways in which their cultures were oriented, and the ways in which these cultures guided their reactions to European ideas. It also assesses the human responses to industrial, technological and economic changes and the re-discovery by the Africans of African culture.

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