The pre-colonial state in West Africa : building power in Dahomey /

This volume incorporates historical, ethnographic, art historical, and archaeological sources to examine the relationship between the production of space and political order in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey during the tumultuous Atlantic Era. Dahomey, situated in the modern Republic of Bénin,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Monroe, J. Cameron (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Temas:
To 1894
Political culture > Benin > History.
Power (Social sciences) > Benin > History.
Architecture > Political aspects > Benin.
Architecture > Aspect politique > Bénin.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Architecture > Political aspects
Political culture
Power (Social sciences)
Benin > History > To 1894.
Bénin > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1894.
Benin
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Geography, settlement, and politics on the Slave Coast
  • Dahomey and the Atlantic world : the royal palace sphere
  • Capturing the countryside
  • The city as history
  • Power by design
  • Building Dahomey.

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