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Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2510477 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Monica Wilson (0000-0003-0964-4550, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 399-409 |
| Publication date | 1976-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1159302 |
| OpenAlex | W1993077930 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 9 |
Opening ParagraphOne problem that besets students of society is how best to combine a study of change through time, with emphasis on the flow of time, and the detailed analysis of relationships; how to write a social history with sufficient detail on all the aspects of relationships-economic, legal, ritual, ideological-to satisfy the anthropologist. Static models are too far from reality to be useful, but how can one create a model that moves? The difficulty consists first, in discovering the relevant facts and second, in integrating them into an intelligible account
Epistemology · Ideology · Paragraph · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy
Radiocarbon dates for Sub-Saharan Africa (from c . 1000 B.C.)—II
The Princes of Nyakyusa
The Rise of Our East African Empire (1893)
The Political Organization of Unyamwezi
Radiocarbon Dates for Sub-Saharan Africa
Ivuna
Communal Rituals of the Nyakyusa
Crater-Lakes North of Lake Nyasa, with a Suggestion as to the Origin of Central African Lakes
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2021 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |