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Carriers of culture : labor on the road in nineteenth-century East Africa

Title
Carriers of culture : labor on the road in nineteenth-century East Africa / by Stephen J. Rockel.
Author
Rockel, Stephen J.
Publication
Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2006.

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Description
xix, 345 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Social history of Africa
Subject
  • Migrant labor > Africa, East > History > 19th century
  • Porters > Africa, East > History > 19th century
  • Caravans > Africa, East > History > 19th century
  • Africa, East > Commerce > History > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-335) and index.
Contents
Transitional forms of labour -- Pioneers : the birth of a labour culture -- The rise of the professionals -- On safari : the culture of work -- On safari : the culture of leisure and food -- Contesting power on safari -- Customs in common.
ISBN
  • 0325071160 (cloth)
  • 0325071330 (paper)
LCCN
2006005584
OCLC
  • ocm64390416
  • SCSB-1422097
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library