J Vansina (144 results)

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Condition: Good. 2 Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. 2 Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Condition: Very Good. 2 Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. African History This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio. Books shipped within 24 hours. Pages are clean with no apparent marks other than previous owner's name inside. Binding is sound with light creasing. Light shelf wear to cover and corners.

Condition: Used: Very Good. This is a good clean copy with no inscriptions. It will be posted from the UK within 24 hours in a padded envelope by a family run bookstore. Please let me know if you require photos of the actual book and I will send them through to you. Just to clarify â" This is NOT AN EX-LIBRARY COPY.…

Paperback. Condition: New. To understand the genocide and other dramatic events of Rwanda's recent past, one must understand the history of the earlier realm. Jan Vansina provides a critique of the history recorded by early missionaries and court historians and provides a bottom-up view, drawing on hundreds of grassroots narratives. He describes the genesis of the Hutu and Tutsi identities, their growing social and political differences, their bitter feuds, revolts, and massacres, and the relevance of this dramatic history to the post-genocide Rwanda of today.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0582643686.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Mild yellowing to edges of some pages. Some shelf rubbing to dust jacket. Upper dust jacket spine sunned. From the library of Herbert S. Lewis, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with his name stamp on front flyleaf. …

Paperback. Condition: New.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket. Picture doesn't match book since the dust jacket is missing. Cover edges and corners in good shape. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, no markings, notes or stains. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: Befriedigend. 233 S.; Ill. Acceptable condition. Slight smell of smoke. Stamped edges. With underlines. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Bottom of free front endpaper has stamp indicating that this volume was not accessioned by a Harvard University library; binding has light soil and sunning; top of spine has a 1 7/8 inch tear and chips; volume has wear; text clean. 64 p., with foldout map at back. [br 8].…

44+155 pages, bibliography, maps, figures : 10 papers on experiences of fieldwork, mainly by younger scholars & featuring Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Botswana, the Sudan, Congo, etc.; paperback FINE isbn 0852556268 africa general african fieldwork african sociology anthropology african history.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. London, 1964, in-8 toile éd., VIII-428 pp.

paperback. Condition: Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing, fanning, inscriptions, margin notes, yellowing, staining on edge or cover or pages, bumps, scuffs, etc etc (sometimes multiple of these). It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN.…

14pp, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New. Like stars, societies are born, and this story deals with such births. Hitherto neglected by historians, the rise of societies and cultures in West Central Africa is a captivating story. It asks a fundamental and compelling question: How did societies first coalesce from the small foraging communities that had roamed in West Central Africa for many thousands of years? In ""How Societies Are Born"", Vansina continues a career-long effort to reconstruct the history of African societies before European contact, employing a provocative combination of archaeology and historical linguistics to turn his scholarly focus to governance. Whether cattle, initiations, or social position, Vansina uncovers what drove each society's developmental path, revealing the fascinating motivations behind how societies are born.…