The Swahili : Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 8-15 /
"As an introduction to how the history of an African society can be reconstructed from largely nonliterate sources, and to the Swahili in particular, . . . a model work."-International Journal of African Historical Studies.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
1985.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- I. SWAHILI AND THEIR HISTORY
- 2. THE AFRICAN BACKGROUND OF SWAHILI
- 3. THE EMERGENCE OF THE SWAHILI-SPEAKING PEOPLES
- 4. EARLY SWAHILI SOCIETY, 800-1100
- 5. RISE OF THE SWAHILI TOWNSTATES, 1100-1500
- APPENDIXES
- ABBREVIATIONS
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index