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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