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Format: 1 online resource (341 p.)

ISBN: 9781512800128 , 1512800120 , 9780585199719 , 058519971X

Series Statement: The Ethnohistory Series

Content: In The Roots of Ethnicity, Ronald R. Atkinson argues that although colonial rule and its aftermath have played a major role in shaping the particular manifestations of ethnicity in Africa, many sociohistorical developments crucial to current expressions of ethnicity can be traced to a past long before the colonial period. Atkinson develops his argument through an exhaustive examination of the origins of the collective identity of the Acholi of present-day northern Uganda. His study makes clear that by the time of European conquest the essential foundations and the crucial parameters for the evolution of Acholi society and ethnic consciousness had long been established. In presenting his argument for the need to extend the existing scholarship on ethnicity in Africa beyond its twentieth-century focus, Atkinson provides what is perhaps the most detailed reconstruction and analysis yet available of the pre-1800 evolution of an African sociopolitical order.Beyond these contributions to the study of African history, The Roots of Ethnicity provides an extended case study in and a convincing argument for the use of oral sources in the reconstruction and interpretation of the African past. It will be of interest to students and scholars of anthropology, history, and African studies, as well as to all those interested in ethnicity and the politics of identity.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Illustrations -- , Preface -- , Acknowledgments -- , Glossary and Pronunciation Guide -- , Introduction: Ethnicity in Perspective -- , Chapter 1. The Available Sources and Other Influences Shaping the Present Work -- , Chapter 2. Social and Economic Life in Acholi Before the Late Seventeenth Century -- , Chapter 3. The New Order and Its Foundations -- , Chapter 4. The Emergence of the Earliest Acholi Chiefdoms -- , Chapter 5. The Southeastern Zone: The New Order Takes Hold -- , Chapter 6. The Southeastern and East-Central Zones: The New Order Spreads -- , Chapter 7. The South-Central and Western Zones: The Continuing Extension of the New Order -- , Chapter 8. The Central and Northern Zones: The Consolidation of the New Order at the Center and Its Furthest Extension North -- , Epilogue -- , Appendix: Estimated Population of Acholi Chiefdoms c. 1790 -- , References -- , Index -- , Backmatter , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780812232486

Additional Edition: ISBN 0812232488

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

DOI: 10.9783/9781512800128

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 320 pages) , illustrations, maps

Edition: Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction

ISBN: 0812232488 , 058519971X , 1512800120 , 9780812232486 , 9780585199719 , 9781512800128

Series Statement: The ethnohistory series

Content: Introduction: Ethnicity in perspective -- pt. 1. Setting the stage -- The available sources and other influences shaping the present work -- Social and economic life in Acholi before the late seventeenth century -- pt. 2. The introduction of a new sociopolitical order and the beginnings of an Acholi society, c. 1675-1725 -- The new order and its foundations -- The emergence of the earliest Acholi chiefdoms -- pt. 3. The extension and entrenchment of the new order, c. 1725-90 -- The southeastern zone: the new order takes hold -- The southeastern and east-central zones: the new order spreads -- The south-central and western zones: the continuing extension of the new order -- The central and northern zones: the consolidation of the new order at the center and its furthest extension north -- Appendix: Estimated population of Acholi chiefdoms, c. 1790

Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-306) and index , Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL , Electronic reproduction , Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0812232488

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780812232486

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Atkinson, Ronald Raymond, 1944- Roots of ethnicity Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1994

Language: English

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