Magnifying perspectives

Magnifying Perspectives is a festschrift for Robert Ross, Emeritus Professor of African History at Leiden University. The contributions have been written by the students and colleagues of Robert Ross, reflecting his broad-ranging thematic and geographical research interests. Individual chapters cove...

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description Magnifying Perspectives is a festschrift for Robert Ross, Emeritus Professor of African History at Leiden University. The contributions have been written by the students and colleagues of Robert Ross, reflecting his broad-ranging thematic and geographical research interests. Individual chapters cover topics such as slavery, gender and gossip, but also reflect an eye for detail in narrating about mosquitoes, semaphores and pineapples. Big themes such as race and imperialism are tackled by paying attention to language, material objects and the powerful role of individuals in shaping history. Contributions on all parts of the African continent, from Nigeria and Mali to Angola and South Africa, as well as Britain and Australia are included. This book attempts to do justice to the unique approach to African history which Robert Ross advocated, an approach which emphasises the complexity and dignity of human nature by placing it at the centre of historical writing.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-357952025-05-08T13:25:41Z Magnifying perspectives Peša, Iva Gewald, Jan-Bart African history history individual Bourgeoisie Cape Town Missionary Pineapple South Africa Magnifying Perspectives is a festschrift for Robert Ross, Emeritus Professor of African History at Leiden University. The contributions have been written by the students and colleagues of Robert Ross, reflecting his broad-ranging thematic and geographical research interests. Individual chapters cover topics such as slavery, gender and gossip, but also reflect an eye for detail in narrating about mosquitoes, semaphores and pineapples. Big themes such as race and imperialism are tackled by paying attention to language, material objects and the powerful role of individuals in shaping history. Contributions on all parts of the African continent, from Nigeria and Mali to Angola and South Africa, as well as Britain and Australia are included. This book attempts to do justice to the unique approach to African history which Robert Ross advocated, an approach which emphasises the complexity and dignity of human nature by placing it at the centre of historical writing. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-08-08 10:13:19 2020-04-01T12:33:41Z 2017 book 1000323 OCN: 1051782928 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29611 9789054481591 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35795 eng ASC Occasional Publication open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29611/1/magnifying%20perspectives.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29611/1/magnifying%20perspectives.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29611/1/magnifying%20perspectives.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29611/1/magnifying%20perspectives.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/29611/1/magnifying%20perspectives.pdf African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL) 30b8cbb0-63e0-4494-a4b7-64d3b7a1af8c H2020 European Research Council 178e65b9-dd53-4922-b85c-0aaa74fce079 9789054481591 European Research Council (ERC) EU collection 360 682467 H2020 open access
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