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Synopsis
This book highlights alcohol's centrality in the culture of power.
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About the Author
Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong completed his Ph.D. in African history at the University of Virginia in 1993, and is assistant professor of history at Harvard University. His articles on the social and cultural history of Ghana have appeared in Histoire Sociale
Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry
the International Journal of African Historical Studies
and the Journal of African History.
Review
"[This book] is well-written, accessible to a variety of readers, thoroughly researched, original in approach and insight, and broad in its implications. . . . Akyeampong takes very seriously the challenge of conceiving African history in terms of indigenous intellectual categories and in terms of the experience of those involved. Real people come to life in these pages...."-Charles Ambler, University of Texas "�This book� is well-written, accessible to a variety of readers, thoroughly researched, original in approach and insight, and broad in its implications. . . . Akyeampong takes very seriously the challenge of conceiving African history in terms of indigenous intellectual categories and in terms of the experience of those involved. Real people come to life in these pages...."-Charles Ambler, University of Texas ?[This book] is well-written, accessible to a variety of readers, thoroughly researched, original in approach and insight, and broad in its implications. . . . Akyeampong takes very seriously the challenge of conceiving African history in terms of indigenous intellectual categories and in terms of the experience of those involved. Real people come to life in these pages....?-Charles Ambler, University of Texas
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- PublisherHeinemann
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0435089943
- ISBN 13 9780435089948
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages189
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