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War in pre-colonial eastern Africa : the patterns & meanings of state-level conflict in the nineteenth century
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War in pre-colonial eastern Africa : the patterns & meanings of state-level conflict in the nineteenth century

Author: Richard J Reid; British Institute in Eastern Africa.
Publisher: London ; Nairobi : The British Institute in Eastern Africa ; Oxford : In association with James Currey ; Nairobi : Eastern African Educational Publishers ; Kampala [Uganda] : Fountain ; Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2007.
Series: Eastern African studies (London, England)
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A history of pre-colonial warfare in eastern Africa. Contents include: 'Tools & Tactics', 'Organisation & Fuction', 'Violence & Society' and 'The Culture of Conflict'.
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Reid, Richard J.
War in pre-colonial eastern Africa.
London ; Nairobi : The British Institute in Eastern Africa ; Oxford : In association with James Currey ; Nairobi : Eastern African Educational Publishers ; Kampala [Uganda] : Fountain ; Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2007
(OCoLC)608476447
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Reid, Richard J.
War in pre-colonial eastern Africa.
London ; Nairobi : The British Institute in Eastern Africa ; Oxford : In association with James Currey ; Nairobi : Eastern African Educational Publishers ; Kampala [Uganda] : Fountain ; Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2007
(OCoLC)631576940
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Richard J Reid; British Institute in Eastern Africa.
ISBN: 1847016057 9781847016058 1847016049 9781847016041 997002728X 9789970027286 0821417940 9780821417942 0821417959 9780821417959
OCLC Number: 156891497
Description: xvi, 256 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Contents: African war in historical & theoretical perspective. --Antiquity & inheritance, restorative violence & the weight of history. --Tools & tactics. --Organisation & function. --Cost & profit, war & economic change. --Violence & society. --The resolution & avoidance of conflict. --The culture of conflict. --Conclusions, war & the making of state & society.
Series Title: Eastern African studies (London, England)
Responsibility: Richard Reid.
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Examines the nature and objectives of violence in Africa in the 19th century. This title is concerned with highland Ethiopia and the Great Lakes. It is of interest to those interested in pre-colonial  Read more...

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A useful book that will serve as inspiration for future scholarship on violence and conflict in eastern Africa and beyond. AFRICAN HISTORY An important and thoughtful overview that reminds us that Read more...

 
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