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The bantu-speaking peoples of southern Africa / edited by W. D. Hammond-Tooke

By: Material type: TextTextRoutledge and Kegan Paul, 1937Description: xxii, 525 pages: 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • rdamedia
Carrier type:
  • rdacarrier
ISBN:
  • 0710077483
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN656 BAN
Contents:
Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Notes on Contributors 1. The Biology of the South African Negro 2. The Ecological Setting 3. The Classification of Cultural Groups 4. Material Culture 5. Traditional Economic Systems 6. Kinship and Marriage 7. Growing Up in Traditional Society 8. Traditional Rulers and their Realms 9. Law and Justice 10. Worldview I: A System of Beliefs 11. Worldview II: A System of Actions 12. The Process of Political Incorporation 13. The Process of Economic Incorporation 14. The Influence of Christianity 15. The Impact of the City Bibliographical Index Subject Index Tribal Index
Summary: First published in 1974, The Bantu-Speaking Peoples of Southern Africa is a revised and rewritten version of I. Schapera's ethnographical survey of the Bantu-speaking tribes of South Africa. New South African contributors place on record all the known facts of the physical characteristics and traditional cultures of these peoples, as well as documenting the important social, cultural and economic changes that have occurred since the coming of the white man. This book will be of interest to students of anthropology, sociology, African studies, and history
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Book Book Main Library Open Shelf GN656 BAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 20273 Available BK81865

Includes bibliographical references and index

Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Notes on Contributors 1. The Biology of the South African Negro 2. The Ecological Setting 3. The Classification of Cultural Groups 4. Material Culture 5. Traditional Economic Systems 6. Kinship and Marriage 7. Growing Up in Traditional Society 8. Traditional Rulers and their Realms 9. Law and Justice 10. Worldview I: A System of Beliefs 11. Worldview II: A System of Actions 12. The Process of Political Incorporation 13. The Process of Economic Incorporation 14. The Influence of Christianity 15. The Impact of the City Bibliographical Index Subject Index Tribal Index

First published in 1974, The Bantu-Speaking Peoples of Southern Africa is a revised and rewritten version of I. Schapera's ethnographical survey of the Bantu-speaking tribes of South Africa. New South African contributors place on record all the known facts of the physical characteristics and traditional cultures of these peoples, as well as documenting the important social, cultural and economic changes that have occurred since the coming of the white man. This book will be of interest to students of anthropology, sociology, African studies, and history

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