Liptako Speaks : : History from Oral Tradition in Africa / / Paul Irwin.
Although historians today turn increasingly to oral tradition as a source of data on the history of non-literate peoples, Paul Irwin cautions them against uncritical use of such evidence. In an attempt to determine how much historians can learn about the past from oral traditions, he studies those o...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1981 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
715 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps, Figures, and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- A Note on Transcription
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Characters
- Chapter 2. Transmitting Memory Down Through the Generations
- Chapter 3. A World of Lineages
- Chapter 4. Reckoning Time's Passing
- Chapter 5. The Jihad
- Chapter 6. The Style of Politics
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index