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This book is about history and the practical power of language to reveal historical change. Christopher Ehret offers a methodological guide to applying language evidence in historical studies. He demonstrates how these methods allow us not only to recover the histories of time periods and places poo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ehret, Christopher
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social history.
Language and history.
History > Methodology.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
HISTORY > Historiography.
social history.
Histoire sociale.
Langage et histoire.
Histoire > Methodologie.
Social Conditions
Africa.
Afrique > Histoire.
Africa > History.
History
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book is about history and the practical power of language to reveal historical change. Christopher Ehret offers a methodological guide to applying language evidence in historical studies. He demonstrates how these methods allow us not only to recover the histories of time periods and places poorly served by written documentation, but also to enrich our understanding of well-documented regions and eras. A leading historian as well as historical linguist of Africa, Ehret provides in-depth examples from the language phyla of Africa, arguing that his comprehensive treatment can be applied by.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9780520947597

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