The Swahili : : Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 800-1500 / / Thomas Spear, Derek Nurse.
"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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017] ©1985 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Ethnohistory Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (160 p.) :; 17 illus. |
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| Other title: | 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 |
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| Summary: | "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 |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9781512821666 9783110442526 |
| DOI: | 10.9783/9781512821666 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Thomas Spear, Derek Nurse. |