Více než 4 miliony titulů v angličtině i dalších jazycích! Objevte svůj nový příběh ještě dnes!

Zjistit stav objednávky

Kontaktujte nás

Making Headway

The Introduction of Western Civilization in Colonial Northern Nigeria

Autor: Andrew E. Barnes

Jazyk:

Vazba: Pevná

Vydavatel: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Dostupnost: Očekávaný dotisk

Termín neznámý

2 919 Kč

The process of cultural transfer in Northern Nigeria was historically thought to have been dictated...

Informace o knize

Autor

Andrew E. Barnes

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydáno

2009

Stránek

352

EAN

9781580462990

Enbook ID

04822727

Vydavatel

Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Hmotnost

696

Rozměry

152 x 229 x 26

Kompletní popis

The process of cultural transfer in Northern Nigeria was historically thought to have been dictated by European colonial domination. In fact, Western missionaries may not have been able to guide African Christians toward mastery of the secular world when they themselves lacked the worldliness to do so. In this penetrating study, Andrew E. Barnes argues that competition among colonizing forces impelled British colonial administrators and Christian missionaries alike to offer Africans those aspects of Western civilization Africans themselves specifically wanted: schools that provided greater access to Western intellectual skills. In Making Headway: The Introduction of Western Civilization in Colonial Northern Nigeria, Barnes demonstrates effectively that Europeans were successful in transferring to local peoples the cultural values they hoped to foster only because Africans and Europeans reached consensus about the nature and character of the Western civilization to be shared. Ultimately, this study asserts, Africans had greater control over the introduction of Western civilization to the region than traditionally thought. Andrew E. Barnes is associate professor of History at Arizona State University.