| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 298 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Series |
Afrika-Studiecentrum series, 1570-9310 ; v. 13 |
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Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 13.
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| Contents |
List of Photographs -- List of Maps -- Preface: Motor Vehicles and People in Africa : An Introduction / Jan-Bart Gewald, Sabine Luning & Klaas van Walraven -- Part I: Historical Perspectives -- Chapter 1. People, Mines and cars: Towards a Revision of Zambian History, 1890-1930 / Jan-Bart Gewald -- Chapter 2. Motor cars and Modernity: Pining for Progress in Portuguese Guinea, 1915-1945 / Philip J. Havik -- Chapter 3. Vehicle of Sedition:The Role of Transport Workers in Sawaba's Rebellion in Niger, 1954-1966 / Klaas van Walraven -- Part II: Economic Perspectives -- Chapter 4. Hug me, Hold me Tight! The Evolution of Passenger Transport in Luanda and Huambo (Angola), 1975-2000 / Carlos M. Lopes -- Chapter 5. Striking Gold in Cotonou? Three Cases of Entrepreneur-Ship in the Euro-West African Second-Hand car Trade in Benin / Joost Beuving -- Part III: Antropological Perspectives -- Chapter 6. The Art of Truck Modding on the Nile (Sudan): An Attempt to Trace Creativity / Kurt Beck -- Chapter 7. The Hilux and the "Body Thrower" : Khat Transporters in Kenya / Neil Carrier -- Chapter 8. Modern chariots: Speed and Mobility in Contemporary "small" Wars in the Sahara / Georg Klute -- Chapter 9. Religion on the Road: The Spiritual Experience of Road Travel in Ghana / Gabriel Klaeger -- Chapter 10. A chief's Fatal car Accident: Political History and Moral Geography in Burkina Faso / Sabine Luning -- Chapter 11. "Anyway!" : Lorry Inscriptions in Ghana / Sjaak van der Geest -- List of Authors |
| Summary |
In the early 1900's the motor-vehicle (car, bus, lorry or motor-cycle) was introduced in sub-Saharan Africa This edited volume of eleven contributions by historians, anthropologists, social and political scientists explores aspects of the social history and anthropology of the motor-vehicle in Africa |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Transportation, Automotive -- Social aspects -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
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Motor vehicles -- Social aspects -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
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TRANSPORTATION -- Automotive -- History.
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Social conditions
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Transportation, Automotive -- Social aspects
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| SUBJECT |
Africa -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Africa
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gewald, Jan-Bart
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Luning, Sabine
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Walraven, Klaas van, 1958-
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| ISBN |
9789047430797 |
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9047430794 |
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1282603027 |
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9781282603028 |
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