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dc.contributor.editorJan-Bart, Gewald-
dc.contributor.editorSabine Luning-
dc.contributor.editorKlaas van Walraven-
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-03T08:24:51Z-
dc.date.available2018-10-03T08:24:51Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.isbn978-90-04-17735-2-
dc.identifier.urihttp://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/6610-
dc.descriptionThis book should be seen as a first attempt to insert the subject of motorised transport into the wider field of African studies and take stock of the state of scholarly knowledge on this subject. The volume tries to set the topic in the wider context of social and transport history, in Africa and elsewhere, as well as that of general socioeconomic and cultural change South of the Sahara. It explores the complex relationships between people and motor vehicles in Africa in the twentieth century – from car and bush mechanics to call boys (‘coxeurs’) and prostitutes, from new market opportunities to the social organisation of taxi-ranks, from political agitation and mobilisation to the use of motor vehicles in policing and warfare. In order to achieve a balanced focus, both historical and economic studies were included, while two additional anthropological chapters, that of Sjaak van der Geest on Ghanaian lorry inscriptions and Sabine Luning on the cultural dimensions of road travel and its hazards in Burkina Faso, were commissioned for the project.-
dc.languageenen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBrillen_US
dc.subjectTransportation, Automotive—Social aspects—Africa—History—20th centuryen_US
dc.titleThe Speed of Changeen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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