Pride of men : ironworking in 19th century West Central Africa

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Pride of men : ironworking in 19th century West Central Africa

Colleen E. Kriger

(Social history of Africa)

Heinemann , James Currey , David Philip, c1999

  • : Heinemann : hbk
  • : Heinemann : pbk
  • : James Currey : hbk
  • : James Currey : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-252) and index

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巻冊次

: James Currey : pbk ISBN 9780852556320

内容説明

Presents a systematic, comprehensive and region-wide study of central African ironworkers as a distinct group. Integrating material on culture and social history, Kriger provides detailed descriptions of the labour process and the items that the smiths produced. North America: Heinemann

目次

  • Part 1 The work and the setting: African history, ironworking and the mystique of the blacksmith
  • iron production in central Africa - building a craft tradition, ca 600 BCE to 1920. Part 2 Social and econoic values of ironworking - regional patterns: smelting iron - fathers of the furnace
  • making and changing money - iron currencies
  • the work of the finishing forge. Part 3 Social and economic values of ironworking - localhistories: patronage and innovation in the Kubu kingdom
  • markets for prestige along the middle Zaire. Part 4 Ironworkers in west central African society: the blacksmith's mystique unveiled - ideology, identity and the social prominence of blacksmiths. Epilogue - colonial rule and the decline of a craft tradition.
巻冊次

: James Currey : hbk ISBN 9780852556825

内容説明

Presents a systematic, comprehensive and region-wide study of central African ironworkers as a distinct group. Integrating material on culure and social history, Kriger provides detailed descriptions of the labour process and theitems that the smiths produced.

目次

  • Part 1 The work and the setting: African history, ironworking and the mystique of the blacksmith
  • iron production in central Africa - building a craft tradition, ca 600 BCE to 1920. Part 2 Social and econoic values of ironworking - regional patterns: smelting iron - fathers of the furnace
  • making and changing money - iron currencies
  • the work of the finishing forge. Part 3 Social and economic values of ironworking - localhistories: patronage and innovation in the Kubu kingdom
  • markets for prestige along the middle Zaire. Part 4 Ironworkers in west central African society: the blacksmith's mystique unveiled - ideology, identity and the social prominence of blacksmiths. Epilogue - colonial rule and the decline of a craft tradition.

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