Pier M Larson (52 results)

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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: Good. 1st Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

228 x 151 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xx + 378, incl. index; maps, illustrations, facsimiles in text. Fine condition. "Ocean of Letters is a remarkable history of imperialism, language, and creolization in the largest African diaspora of the Indian Ocean in the early modern period. Ranging from Madagascar to the Mascarenes, the Comores, and South Africa, Pier M. Larson sheds new light on the roles of slavery, emancipation, oceanic travel, Christian missions, and colonial linguistics in the making of Malagasy-language literacy in the islands of the western Indian Ocean.".…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. text clean and unmarked. binding tight. covers have very light wear. edges of pages have very light wear.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good - Cash. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Has a remainder mark. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

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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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unread condition.

Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: New. None. Hardcover copy, no dust jacket as issued. New copy, crisp and clean. Critical Perspectives on Empire series.

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. 1st Edition. Dec. cloth, no d.j. (as issued). Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. Ocean of Letters is a remarkable history of imperialism, language, and creolization in the largest African diaspora of the Indian Ocean in the early modern period. Ranging from Madagascar to the Mascarenes, the Comores, and South Africa, Pier M. Larson sheds new light on the roles of slavery, emancipation, oceanic travel, Christian missions, and colonial linguistics in the making of Malagasy-language literacy in the islands of the western Indian Ocean. He shows how enslaved and free Malagasy together with certain European colonists and missionaries promoted the Malagasy language, literacy projects and letter writing in the multilingual colonial societies of the region between the seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. Addressing current debates in the history of Africa and the African diaspora, slavery, abolition, creolization and the making of modern African literatures, the book crosses thematic as well as geo-imperial boundaries and brings fresh perspectives to Indian Ocean history.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Brings Madagascar into the history of the African slave trade.This text explores how incorporation into global mercantile networks compelled people of highland Madagascar to reshape their social identity and their cultural practices. North America: Heinemann.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. pp. 398, 5 Maps.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. pp. 398 18 Illus., 5 Maps.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. pp. 398.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 378 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condition: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. A unique history of imperialism, language, and creolization in the largest African diaspora of the Indian Ocean. Series: Critical Perspectives on Empire. Num Pages: 398 pages, 18 b/w illus. 5 maps 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; CFF; HBJH; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 634. . 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Ocean of Letters is a remarkable history of imperialism, language, and creolization in the largest African diaspora of the Indian Ocean in the early modern period. Ranging from Madagascar to the Mascarenes, the Comores, and South Africa, Pier M. Larson sheds new light on the roles of slavery, emancipation, oceanic travel, Christian missions, and colonial linguistics in the making of Malagasy-language literacy in the islands of the western Indian Ocean. He shows how enslaved and free Malagasy together with certain European colonists and missionaries promoted the Malagasy language, literacy projects and letter writing in the multilingual colonial societies of the region between the seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. Addressing current debates in the history of Africa and the African diaspora, slavery, abolition, creolization and the making of modern African literatures, the book crosses thematic as well as geo-imperial boundaries and brings fresh perspectives to Indian Ocean history.…

Condition: New. A unique history of imperialism, language, and creolization in the largest African diaspora of the Indian Ocean. Series: Critical Perspectives on Empire. Num Pages: 398 pages, 18 b/w illus. 5 maps 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; CFF; HBJH; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 634. . 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . …

Paperback. Condition: New. Ocean of Letters is a remarkable history of imperialism, language, and creolization in the largest African diaspora of the Indian Ocean in the early modern period. Ranging from Madagascar to the Mascarenes, the Comores, and South Africa, Pier M. Larson sheds new light on the roles of slavery, emancipation, oceanic travel, Christian missions, and colonial linguistics in the making of Malagasy-language literacy in the islands of the western Indian Ocean. He shows how enslaved and free Malagasy together with certain European colonists and missionaries promoted the Malagasy language, literacy projects and letter writing in the multilingual colonial societies of the region between the seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. Addressing current debates in the history of Africa and the African diaspora, slavery, abolition, creolization and the making of modern African literatures, the book crosses thematic as well as geo-imperial boundaries and brings fresh perspectives to Indian Ocean history.…