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Law, Language, and Science: The Invention of the Native Mind in Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1930 (Social History of Africa)
Law Language and Science The Invention of the Native Mind in Southern Rhodesia 18901930 - Social History of Africa
Author: Diana Jeater
By the 1920s, linguistic and ethnographic projects to formalize the language and legal systems of Shona peoples in Southern Rhodesia served to impede, rather than enhance, knowledge about local communities. In the 1890s and 1900s, translation and ethnography projects were driven by a wish to manage local cultures and incorporate them into the ne...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780325071091
ISBN-10: 0325071098
Publication Date: 12/30/2006
Pages: 296
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Publisher: Praeger
Book Type: Paperback
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