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State and Society in Pre-colonial Asante (African Studies)
State and Society in Precolonial Asante - African Studies Author:T. C. McCaskie Scholarship on the West African kingdom of Asante is at the leading edge of Africanist research. T.C. McCaskie gives a detailed and nuanced historical portrait of precolonial Asante. The book is both a profound historical reconstruction of an African polity, and a deeply informed meditation on Asante concepts and ideas. Throughout the book, the ... more »Asante experience is consistently discussed in relation to a broad range of historiography and critical theory.« less