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9780299096007 Academic Inspection Copy

Red Gold of Africa

Copper in Precolonial History and Culture
  • ISBN-13: 9780299096007
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS
  • By Eugenia W. Herbert
  • Price: AUD $80.99
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  • Local release date: 13/10/1984
  • Format: Hardback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 438 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Chemical industries [KNDC]
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The classic history of copper working and use throughout Africa A finalist for the 1985 Herskovits Prize
Eugenia W. Herbert is the E. Nevius Rodman Professor of History Emeritus at Mount Holyoke College and book review editor of the African Studies Review. Among her recent publications are Iron, Gender, and Power: Rituals of Transformation in African Societies and Twilight on the Zambezi: Late Colonialism in Central Africa.
"Red Gold of Africa is researched with a depth of scholarship that will leave future historians green with envy. It is also written with a literary eloquence which makes each new idea a joy to savor. The judgements are made with humane detachment and cool humor to enhance their persuasive force. The book is a masterpiece."-Journal of African History "Eugenia W. Herbert addresses the subject from a multidisciplinary perspective, examining technology, history, oral tradition, economics, symbolic anthropology, and archaeology."-American Historical Review "Red Gold of Africa is a sensitive piece of scholarship, an important addition to the literature for those who seek understanding of culture through its material and technological rendition."-Technology and Culture
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