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In Pursuit of History by Jan Vansina (1996, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHeinemann
ISBN-100435089927
ISBN-139780435089924
eBay Product ID (ePID)337358
Product Key Features
Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameIn Pursuit of History
Publication Year1996
SubjectHistoriography, Africa / General, General
TypeStudy Guide
Subject AreaTravel, Education, History
AuthorJan Vansina
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceElementary/High School
LCCN96-030779
Reviews"The accounts are refreshingly personal, often brutally honest, and cover an impressive range of issues - from practical matters of daily life ... to methodological concerns about "truth," "falsehood," and all that comes in between. Overall, the contributions are well written, jargon-free, and easily accessible."- Jean Allman, University of Minnesota, "The accounts are refreshingly personal, often brutally honest, and cover an impressive range of issues - from practical matters of daily life ... to methodological concerns about "truth," "falsehood," and all that comes in between. Overall, the contributions are well written, jargon-free, and easily accessible." Jean Allman, University of Minnesota, "The accounts are refreshingly personal, often brutally honest, and cover an impressive range of issues - from practical matters of daily life ... to methodological concerns about "truth," "falsehood," and all that comes in between. Overall, the contributions are well written, jargon-free, and easily accessible."-Jean Allman, University of Minnesota
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal960/.00723
Grade ToUP
Table Of ContentContents: Prologue , the editors Reading the Pursuit: An Introduction, Carolyn Keyes Adenaike Life During Research, Carolyn Keyes Adenaike Fieldwork among Neighbors: An African's View of Another African Country, Tefetso Henry Mothibe Both Sides of the Border: The Impact of the Political Milieu on Field Research in Burundi and Tanzania, Michele D. Wagner Women's Work in Kano, Beverly B. Mack Learning the Dance, Initiating Relationships, Sheryl McCurdy Suspected of Sorcery, Z. S. Strother Falsehood, Truth, and Thinking Between: Histories of Affiliation and Ethnogenesis, Paul Stuart Landau A Moment in the Middle: Fieldwork in the Nuba Hills, Janet J. Ewald A Double Exile: Extended African Residences and the Paradoxes of Homecoming, Richard A. Shain Venture into Tio Country, Jan Vansina Epilogue : Fieldwork in History, Jan Vansina Maps Bibliography Index
SynopsisPaper Edition. A fascinating collection of papers on fieldwork in Africa--mostly from younger scholars who have conducted their research within the past decade., A fascinating collection of ten papers on fieldwork in Africa-defined as a long stay in a single community-mostly from younger scholars who have conducted research within the past decade. Whereas the methods for using different kinds of sources for African history has been well studied in recent years, the input of field experience itself has been neglected, although it shapes the resulting historical writing in critical ways and often has a profound personal impact on the researcher. The accounts presented here cover a surprising range of issues, from practical questions of daily life (where to live, what to cook) to methodological concerns about what is true, and true for whom? The individual stories are both entertaining and instructive. One researcher had a newly laid roof stolen in the middle of the night, while another was shadowed by the security police. One woman was initiated into a secret society, while yet another faced a trial after having been accused of witchcraft. In her introduction, Carolyn Adenaike summarizes the particular challenges faced by recent history researchers in Africa. The epilogue by Jan Vansina-in many ways the pioneer of oral history methods-places the evolution of research practices in the broad context of European commercial expansion.
LC Classification NumberDT19.I5 1996
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