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.
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
V. Tarikhu Farrar is professor of African American studies and history at City College of San Francisco.
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Preface: Technology and the Black Peoples Part One Africa: A Continent without History, Progress, or Native Genius: The Origins of a Legend Chapter :1 Narratives on Precolonial African Material Culture and Technology: A Lesson in the Evolution of an Idea in the Cauldron of Modern Race Theory Chapter 2: Perceptions of Technological Backwardness in Precolonial Africa in the Late Twentieth Century: Some Africanist Views Chapter 3: Africans in the Eyes of Others Across Time: From the Ancient World to the Enlightenment Chapter 4: The Origins of Modern Race Theory and the Theory of Socio-cultural Evolution, c. 1680-1800: The Enlightenment Chapter 5: The Convergence and Crystallization of Modern Race Theory and Socio-Cultural Evolution: c. 1800-1900 Chapter 6: Racial Models of African History and Culture in the Twentieth Century: c. 1900-1975 Chapter 7: A Critical Look at Some Theories of Precolonial African Technological Development Part Two Aspects of Technology and the Material Conditions of Life in Tropical Africa Chapter 8: Indigenous Systems of Tropical African Agriculture Chapter 9: Metallurgy: African Traditions in Ironworking Chapter 10: Textile Manufacture Chapter 11: Indigenous African Building Construction: Some Considerations of Building Materials and Techniques Chapter 12: Subsistence Systems, Settlements, and Commerce: The Trade in Foodstuffs and Its Relation to the Expansion of Systems of Water Transport, Economic Growth, and the Proliferation of Cities. The West African Evidence Part Three "All That Is Hidden in Darkness Will One Day Come to Light": Africa in America Chapter 13 The African Impact on Technology and Material Culture in the Americas: Evidence and Meanings
Preface: Technology and the Black Peoples Part One Africa: A Continent without History, Progress, or Native Genius: The Origins of a Legend Chapter :1 Narratives on Precolonial African Material Culture and Technology: A Lesson in the Evolution of an Idea in the Cauldron of Modern Race Theory Chapter 2: Perceptions of Technological Backwardness in Precolonial Africa in the Late Twentieth Century: Some Africanist Views Chapter 3: Africans in the Eyes of Others Across Time: From the Ancient World to the Enlightenment Chapter 4: The Origins of Modern Race Theory and the Theory of Socio-cultural Evolution, c. 1680-1800: The Enlightenment Chapter 5: The Convergence and Crystallization of Modern Race Theory and Socio-Cultural Evolution: c. 1800-1900 Chapter 6: Racial Models of African History and Culture in the Twentieth Century: c. 1900-1975 Chapter 7: A Critical Look at Some Theories of Precolonial African Technological Development Part Two Aspects of Technology and the Material Conditions of Life in Tropical Africa Chapter 8: Indigenous Systems of Tropical African Agriculture Chapter 9: Metallurgy: African Traditions in Ironworking Chapter 10: Textile Manufacture Chapter 11: Indigenous African Building Construction: Some Considerations of Building Materials and Techniques Chapter 12: Subsistence Systems, Settlements, and Commerce: The Trade in Foodstuffs and Its Relation to the Expansion of Systems of Water Transport, Economic Growth, and the Proliferation of Cities. The West African Evidence Part Three "All That Is Hidden in Darkness Will One Day Come to Light": Africa in America Chapter 13 The African Impact on Technology and Material Culture in the Americas: Evidence and Meanings
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