Technology, Tradition and the State in Africa

by Jack Goody

Book Overview

Originally published in 1971 this book argues that certain aspects of traditional African social systems have been misunderstood because of a failure to appreciate what is implied by important differences between the technologies of the major traditional African states and those of Europe and Asia. Differences in the modes of agricultural production were connected with differences in other aspects of the social system such as the relations between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052129892X
• ISBN13: 9780521298926
• Release Date: July 1980
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.