Robert Papstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 702166 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Papstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Papstein |
| SIGNATURE | PAPSTEIN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
In Pursuit of History: Fieldwork in Africa
A collection of ten papers on the realities of fieldwork in Africa, mostly by young scholars who have conducted research within the last decade
The Media in Africa and Africa in the Media: An Annotated Bibliography
Creating and Using Photographs as Historical Evidence
The use of photographs as research data is becoming of increasing interest to historians of Africa. The School of Oriental and African Studies' Workshop on “Photographs as sources for African history” is only the most recent example of this emerging concern. This paper is designed to discuss some of the conceptual problems one might meet when attempting to understand photographs as data. It also discusses making photographs as a systematic part o…
Books reviewed
Peter Duignan and L.H. Gann, The United States and Africa. A History (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984). Pp. xiv+450. William Minter, King Solomon's Mines Revisited. Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africa (New York: Basic Books, 1986). Pp. xiii+401. $21.95. Megan Vaughan, The Story of an African Famine (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987). Pp. ix+181. £22.50. Andrew Ross, John Philip (1775–1…
Books reviewed
People's War and People's Work in South Africa J. Frederikse, South Africa: A Different Kind of War (London: James Currey; Johannesburg: Ravan Press; Gweru: Mambo Press, 1986). Pp. 192. £6.95 paperback. D. Robbins and W. Hartley, Inside the Last Outpost (Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter, 1985). Pp. 198. Paperback. O. Badsha, Imijondolo: a photographic essay on forced removals in the Inanda District of South Africa (Johannesburg: Afrapix, 1985…
A Survival Kit for Field Research
The publishers “blurb” on the back cover informs us that Oral Historiography is a “major re-evaluation of the collection and interpretation of historical data.” This, it certainly is not. Rather, it is a concise re-statement of what can be found scattered elsewhere, much of the best of it in Professor Henige's own previous work and in History in Africa , the premier English language journal of historical fieldwork which Professor Henige edits. Ch…
The Historian in the Field: Some Critical Comments
Readers need not be reminded that an abundant literature exists concerning the techniques for recording and interpreting field work data; indeed, oral sources have been subjected to the most rigorous textual and literary criticism and we are even beginning to see what one observer calls ‘schools’ of oral history. All of this has been to the benefit of African history, as the many fine monographs of the last decade attest, while the proliferation …
Lukolwe and the Mbwela of North-Western Zambia
(1976). LUKOLWE AND THE MBWELA OF NORTH-WESTERN ZAMBIA. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 169-176
The Media in Africa and Africa in the Media: An Annotated Bibliography
Books reviewed
Peter Duignan and L.H. Gann, The United States and Africa. A History (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984). Pp. xiv+450. William Minter, King Solomon's Mines Revisited. Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africa (New York: Basic Books, 1986). Pp. xiii+401. $21.95. Megan Vaughan, The Story of an African Famine (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987). Pp. ix+181. £22.50. Andrew Ross, John Philip (1775–1…
Lukolwe and the Mbwela of North-Western Zambia
(1976). LUKOLWE AND THE MBWELA OF NORTH-WESTERN ZAMBIA. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 169-176
Lukolwe and the Mbwela of North-Western Zambia
(1976). LUKOLWE AND THE MBWELA OF NORTH-WESTERN ZAMBIA. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 169-176
The Historian in the Field: Some Critical Comments
Readers need not be reminded that an abundant literature exists concerning the techniques for recording and interpreting field work data; indeed, oral sources have been subjected to the most rigorous textual and literary criticism and we are even beginning to see what one observer calls ‘schools’ of oral history. All of this has been to the benefit of African history, as the many fine monographs of the last decade attest, while the proliferation …
A Survival Kit for Field Research
The publishers “blurb” on the back cover informs us that Oral Historiography is a “major re-evaluation of the collection and interpretation of historical data.” This, it certainly is not. Rather, it is a concise re-statement of what can be found scattered elsewhere, much of the best of it in Professor Henige's own previous work and in History in Africa , the premier English language journal of historical fieldwork which Professor Henige edits. Ch…
Books reviewed
People's War and People's Work in South Africa J. Frederikse, South Africa: A Different Kind of War (London: James Currey; Johannesburg: Ravan Press; Gweru: Mambo Press, 1986). Pp. 192. £6.95 paperback. D. Robbins and W. Hartley, Inside the Last Outpost (Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter, 1985). Pp. 198. Paperback. O. Badsha, Imijondolo: a photographic essay on forced removals in the Inanda District of South Africa (Johannesburg: Afrapix, 1985…
Books reviewed
Peter Duignan and L.H. Gann, The United States and Africa. A History (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984). Pp. xiv+450. William Minter, King Solomon's Mines Revisited. Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africa (New York: Basic Books, 1986). Pp. xiii+401. $21.95. Megan Vaughan, The Story of an African Famine (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987). Pp. ix+181. £22.50. Andrew Ross, John Philip (1775–1…
Creating and Using Photographs as Historical Evidence
The use of photographs as research data is becoming of increasing interest to historians of Africa. The School of Oriental and African Studies' Workshop on “Photographs as sources for African history” is only the most recent example of this emerging concern. This paper is designed to discuss some of the conceptual problems one might meet when attempting to understand photographs as data. It also discusses making photographs as a systematic part o…
In Pursuit of History: Fieldwork in Africa
A collection of ten papers on the realities of fieldwork in Africa, mostly by young scholars who have conducted research within the last decade
The Media in Africa and Africa in the Media: An Annotated Bibliography
History (8 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · African history and culture studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Field (mathematics (3 works) · Geography (3 works)