ISBN:
9781793606433
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 305 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Farrar, Tarikhu V. Precolonial African material culture
DDC:
306.460967
Keywords:
Material culture History
;
Material culture-Africa, Sub-Saharan
;
Technology History
;
Civilization
;
Material culture
;
Public opinion
;
Technology
;
Sub-Saharan Africa
;
History
;
Africa, Sub-Saharan Civilization
;
Africa, Sub-Saharan Foreign public opinion
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Technologie
;
Sachkultur
Abstract:
Precolonial African Material Culture presents a comprehensive challenge to the long-held myth of the inherent backwardness of technology and material culture in sub-Saharan Africa. It revisits the history of early and late precolonial technology in Africa and explores its impacts on the wider world.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: Africa -- 1 Narratives on Precolonial African Material Culture and Technology -- 2 Perceptions of Technological Backwardness in Precolonial Africa in the Late Twentieth Century -- 3 Africans in the Eyes of Others across Time -- 4 The Origins of Modern Race Theory and the Theory of Socio-cultural Evolution, c. 1680-1800 -- 5 The Convergence and Crystallization of Modern Race Theory and Socio-Cultural Evolution -- 6 Racial Models of African History and Culture in the Twentieth Century -- 7 A Critical Look at Some Theories of Precolonial African Technological Development -- Part II: Aspects of Technology and the Material Conditions of Life in Tropical Africa -- 8 Indigenous Systems of Tropical African Agriculture -- 9 Metallurgy -- 10 Textile Manufacture -- 11 Indigenous African Building Construction -- 12 Subsistence Systems, Settlements, and Commerce -- Part III: "All That Is Hidden in Darkness Will One Day Come to Light" -- 13 The African Impact on Technology and Material Culture in the Americas -- References -- Index -- About the Author.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
