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Hunting Game - Raiding Politics in the Central African Republic

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The first ethnographic and historical study of raiding in the Central African Republic. By treating raiding as a political mode, this fascinating study investigates forceful acquisition, revealing the evolution of raiding skills, examples of encounters and its consequences over the last 150 years.

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Louisa Lombard is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Yale University, Connecticut. Her research focuses on African borderlands, politics, violence, sovereignty, peace-building, and conservation. She is the author of State of Rebellion: Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic (2016) and articles in journals such as Comparative Studies in Society and History, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, African Affairs, and the Political and Legal Anthropology Review.

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The first ethnographic and historical study of raiding in the Central African Republic. By treating raiding as a political mode, this fascinating study investigates forceful acquisition, revealing the evolution of raiding skills, examples of encounters and its consequences over the last 150 years.

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Authors Louisa Lombard, Louisa (Yale University Lombard
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 30.06.2022
 
EAN 9781108746182
ISBN 978-1-108-74618-2
No. of pages 270
Series International African Library
Subjects Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
Social sciences, law, business > Political science

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