Sources and Methods in African History - Spoken Written Unearthed (Paperback)

An overview of the ongoing methods used to understand African history. Spurred in part by the ongoing re-evaluation of sources and methods in research, African historiography in the past two decades has been characterized by the continued branching and increasing sophistication of methodologies and areas of specialization. The rate of incorporation of new sources and methods into African historical research shows no signs of slowing. This book is both a snapshot of current academic practice and an attempt to sort throughsome of the problems scholars face within this unfolding web of sources and methods. The book is divided into five sections, each of which begins with a short introduction by a distinguished Africanist scholar. The first sectiondeals with archaeological contributions to historical research. The second section examines the methodologies involved in deciphering historically accurate African ethnic identities from the records of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The third section mines old documentary sources for new historical perspectives. The fourth section deals with the method most often associated with African historians, that of drawing historical data from oral tradition. Thefifth section is devoted to essays that present innovative sources and methods for African historical research. Together, the essays in this cutting-edge volume represent the current state of the art in African historical research. Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Christian Jennings is a Doctoral Candidatein History at the University of Texas at Austin.

General

Imprint:	University of Rochester Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Release date:	September 2004
First published:	2004
Editors:	Toyin Falola (Series Editor) • Christian Jennings (Royalty Account)
Contributors:	Akin Ogundiran (Contributor) • Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch • Christian Jennings (Royalty Account) • Christopher DeCorse (Customer) • Constanze Weise • Cynthia Brantley (Contributor) • David Henige (Contributor) • Dennis Cordell
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	409
ISBN-13:	978-1-58046-140-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Promotions
LSN:	1-58046-140-9
Barcode:	9781580461405

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