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 New Mathematics and an Old Culture: A STudy of Learning Amoung the Kpelle of Liberia
New Mathematics and an Old Culture: A STudy of Learning Amoung the Kpelle of Liberia

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Gay, John; Cole, Michael
Book Description: Hold, Rinehart and Winston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, London, 1967. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A interesting study of learning among the Kepelle of Liberia. Case studies in education and culture, edited by George and Louise Spindler of Stanford University. This book demonstrates specifically how a traditional culture affects the learning readiness of children who are being taught concepts for which there are no exact antecendents in that culture. Soft cover, frontispiece shows map of Liberia, 100 pages. Spine sunned, Light edge wear, 1" closed tear to front cover, a dark spots to back cover, cover detached from text block, white out to ffep.
Price: $7.75

!Kung San: Men, Women, and Work in a Foraging Society, The
!Kung San: Men, Women, and Work in a Foraging Society, The

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Lee, Richard Borshay
Book Description: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1979. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The !Kung San: Men, Women, and Work in a Foraging Society. Trade paperback, many black and white photographs, 526 pages. Light edge wear, a crease to each front and back bottom free corner.
Price: $25.00

Advance in Africa
Advance in Africa

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Jackson, I.C.
Book Description: Oxford University Press, London, 1956. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Subtitled "A Study of Community Development in Eastern Nigeria"; includes sections on historical, social, and economic contexts for development, and looking at a possible government administrative framework and leader training before making some interesting conclusions. White cloth with gilt titling on spine, four pages of black and white photographs at centre of the book. Corners and spine ends very slightly worn, previous owner's name in purple stamp on front endpapers, browning on free front endpapers, some brown marks on table of illustrations, interior in very good condition, tightly bound. Dust jacket has a coupe of brown stains on the back cover, edges and corners worn, there is a half by one inch open tear at the bottom of the spine, has not been price clipped. 110 pages. An interesting book, especially considering the situation in modern Nigeria; can be used to compare actions taken with these sugestions as well as analyze his conclusions from a modern perspective.
Price: $14.00

Africa and the West - Elements of Free-World Policy
Africa and the West - Elements of Free-World Policy

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Rivkin, Arnold
Book Description: Frederick A. Praeger, New York, . Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Price: $6.75

Africa Guide 1977
Africa Guide 1977

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Synge, Richard (Editor)
Book Description: Africa Guide Company, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, . Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Subtitled: "Incorporating economic information from: The Economist Intelligence Unit Ltd." "A comprehensive appraisal of the continent with up-to-date political and economic analysis and essential information." Colourful soft cover, black titling on white spine, red and white titling on front, full-colour advertisements on back cover and inside covers, illustrated throughout with black and white maps as well as colour and black and white advertising. Other than light crease at top corner of cover, this book is great shape - clean, bright and tight. 311 pages
Price: $25.00

Africa in Social Change - Changing Traditional Societies in the Modern World
Africa in Social Change - Changing Traditional Societies in the Modern World

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Lloyd, P.C.
Book Description: Penguin, Baltimore, Maryland, . Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Penguin African Library edition, edited by Ronald Segal.
Price: $4.75

African Affairs, Volume 60, No. 241
African Affairs, Volume 60, No. 241

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Royal African Society
Book Description: , London, 1961. Card Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Journal of the African Royal Society, Volume 60, No. 241, October 1961. A Quarterly Chronicle. Beige card cover, advertisement on the first two and the last five pages, 563 pages. Light edge wear, small crease to back cover top corner and a small spot of discoloring to back cover.
Price: $9.75

African Aristocracy, An - Rank Among the Swazi
African Aristocracy, An - Rank Among the Swazi

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Kuper, Hilda
Book Description: International African Institute , Oxford University Press, London, 1965. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An account of the social organization of the Swazi, with special reference to the aristocratic structure of their society. Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine, illustrated with black and white plates, tables and diagrams, fold-out black and white map at back. Top inch of front end paper is cut out to remove previous owner's name, otherwise book appears to be without flaws. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has light wear at corners and is slightly darkened, but is clean and bright. 251 pages
Price: $12.75

African Battleline - American Policy Choices in Southern Africa
African Battleline - American Policy Choices in Southern Africa

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Nielsen, Waldemar A.
Book Description: Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, . Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Price: $7.75

African Diplomacy - Studies in the Determinants of Foreign Policy
African Diplomacy - Studies in the Determinants of Foreign Policy

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McKay, Vernon, Editor
Book Description: Frederick A. Praeger, New York, . Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Translated and with an Introduction by Mercer Cook.
Price: $7.75

African Outline
African Outline

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Bohannan, Paul
Book Description: Penguin, Middlesex, England, . Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Penguin African Library edition, edited by Ronald Segal.
Price: $6.75

African Politics and Society - Basic Issues and Problems of Government and Development
African Politics and Society - Basic Issues and Problems of Government and Development

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Markovitz, Irving Leondar, Editor
Book Description: Free Press, New York, . Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The dynamics of societies in transition in Sub-Saharan Africa from colonial dependency to independence, and from traditional tribal units to modern nation states.
Price: $10.00

 
African Profiles

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Segal, Ronald
Book Description: Penguin, Middlesex, . Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Penguin African Library edition, edited by Ronald Segal.
Price: $5.75

African Studies Bulletin Index Volume XI, Number 2, September 1968
African Studies Bulletin Index Volume XI, Number 2, September 1968

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Book Description: African Studies Association, Hoover Institutuin, Stanford, CA, 1968. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Price: $10.00

African Studies Bulletin Index Volumes I-X A958-1967
African Studies Bulletin Index Volumes I-X A958-1967

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Bennett, Norman R. And Marguerite Ylvisaker
Book Description: African Studies Association, Hoover Institutuin, Stanford, CA, 1968. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Price: $10.00

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