How Societies Are Born: Governance in West Central Africa Before 1600

By Jan Vansina

Book Overview

Like stars, societies are born, and this story deals with such a birth. It asks a fundamental and compelling question: How did societies first coalesce from the small foraging communities that had... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813922798
• ISBN13: 9780813922799
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Univ of Virginia Pr
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.3"