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  • A HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA TO 1870
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    A HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA TO 1870
    WILSON MONICA
    Originally published in 1982 and based on the 1969 Oxford History of South Africa, this book discusses some of the trends in the historiography of South Africa before the beginning of large-scale mining operations in Kimberley in 1870. A deliberate attempt was made to look at the roots of South African society and to take due account of all its peoples. The book includes a surv...

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  • GOOD COMPANY
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    GOOD COMPANY
    MONICA WILSON
    Originally published in 1951 this book is a study of village system in southern Tanzania, which at the time of publication was thought to be unique. Each village consisted not of a group of kinsmen but an age-set: a group of male contemporaries, together with their wives and young children. The book is concerned with the structure of these villages and the values expressed in t...

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  • COMMUNAL RITUALS OF THE NYAKYUSA
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    COMMUNAL RITUALS OF THE NYAKYUSA
    MONICA WILSON
    Originally published in 1959, this book includes detailed accounts of Nyakyusa traditions of origin, osmology and moral values, often in direct quotations from informants, while part of the book is devoted to a description of Christian missions, the growth of African churches and the conflict between pagan and Christian ethics and practices. The analysis of the effects of cchan...

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  • RITUALS OF KINSHIP AMONG THE NYAKYUSA
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    RITUALS OF KINSHIP AMONG THE NYAKYUSA
    MONICA WILSON
    Originally published in 1957, analyses the rituals celebrated by groups of kinsmen on the occasion of births, marriages and deaths within the age villages of the Nyakyusa. the connection between the form of the rituals and the kinship structure is examined. The symbolism of the rituals throws great light on the psychological reactions of this African people to death and birth, ...

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  • FOR MEN AND ELDERS
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    FOR MEN AND ELDERS
    MONICA WILSON
    Originally published in 1977, this volume completes with a wealth of case material and against the background of a whole century, Monica Wilson's detailed study of the Nyakyusa-Ngonde people of Tanzania and Malawi. The unusual age-village system for which the Nyakyusa are well known has broken down under the economic presures of the prohibition of cattle raiding, lad shortage a...

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  • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SAUDI ARABIA
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    ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SAUDI ARABIA
    AHMED AL RAJHI / ABDULLAH AL SALAMAH / MONICA MALIK / RODNEY WILSON
    The changing political situation in the Middle East poses challenges for the economies of the region, and some see none more vulnerable to collapse than Saudi Arabia's. Yet as this study demonstrates, the fundamentals of the Kingdom's economy are relatively robust, as over three quarters of GDP is accounted for by the non-oil sector, and impressive modern industries have been e...

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  • CREATING AND SUSTAINING ARTS-BASED SCHOOL REFORM
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    CREATING AND SUSTAINING ARTS-BASED SCHOOL REFORM
    GEORGE W. NOBLIT / H. DICKSON CORBETT / BRUCE L. WILSON / MONICA B. MCKINNEY
    Taking a close look at the issue of the arts and school reform, this book explores in detail how the incorporation of the arts into the identity of a school can be key to its resilience. Based on the A+ School Program, an arts-based school reform effort, it is much more than a report of a single case - this landmark study is a comprehensive, longitudinal analysis of arts in edu...

    $1,540.00

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