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London England: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. Philip Askell Benton was one of the outstanding junior scholar - administrators of his time. Posted to northern Nigeria in 1906, he saw most of his service in the vast Bornu province, the homeland of the Kanuri people centered on Lake Chad. Between 1911 and 1917, he wrote a number of books on various aspects of Kanuri culture. Republished in two volumes under the collective title of "The languages and peoples of Bornu" are four of Benton's works, which have long been inaccessible. Volume 1 contains the classic " Notes on some languages of the Western Sudan ", a remarkable piece of archival research. One of the most important features of the book is its first presentation of Heinrich Barth's manuscript of African vocabularies, and Part IV's copious extracts from the unpublished correspondence of certain aspects of the Barth -Richardson expedition of 1850. Volume 1, also contains a critical introduction by A. H. M.…
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The Languages and Peoples of Bornu Notes on Some Languages of Western Sudan (Languages & Peoples of Bornu) Tapa dura - 1968
de P. Benton
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- Título The Languages and Peoples of Bornu Notes on Some Languages of Western Sudan (Languages & Peoples of Bornu)
- Autor P. Benton
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición New Impression
- Editorial Routledge, London England
- Fecha de publicación June 7, 1968
- ISBN 9780714616353
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The Languages and People of Bornu : Volume 1
de P A Benton
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- New Impression Edition 1968
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780714616353 / 0714616354
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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The Languages and People of Bornu : Volume 1
de P A Benton
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- FINE ( AS BRAND NEW)
- Edición
- New Impression Edition 1968
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780714616353 / 0714616354
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
- Precio
-
EUR 47.30EUR 14.19 enviando a USA
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Descripción:
London England: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. Philip Askell Benton was one of the outstanding junior scholar - administrators of his time. Posted to northern Nigeria in 1906, he saw most of his service in the vast Bornu province, the homeland of the Kanuri people centered on Lake Chad. Between 1911 and 1917, he wrote a number of books on various aspects of Kanuri culture. Republished in two volumes under the collective title of "The languages and peoples of Bornu" are four of Benton's works, which have long been inaccessible. Volume 1 contains the classic " Notes on some languages of the Western Sudan ", a remarkable piece of archival research. One of the most important features of the book is its first presentation of Heinrich Barth's manuscript of African vocabularies, and Part IV's copious extracts from the unpublished correspondence of certain aspects of the Barth -Richardson expedition of 1850. Volume 1, also contains a critical introduction by A. H. M.…
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EUR 47.30
EUR 14.19
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