The speed of change

Motor vehicles and people in Africa, 1890-2000

Bibliographic Data

ID9308752
EditorsJan-Bart Gewald (0000-0002-2399-9852), Sabine Luning (0000-0002-9951-2780), Klaas Van Walraven
Year2009
Volume2009
Issue13
Pages298
Publication date2009-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe speed of change (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherLeiden University (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/ej.9789004177352.i-298
OpenAlexW589876610
Open LibraryOL23397611M
ISBN9789004177352
LanguageEN
Citations received51

n\tIn the early 1900s the motor-vehicle (car, bus, lorry or motorcycle) was introduced in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially the plaything and symbol of colonial domination, the motor-vehicle transformed the economic and social life of the continent. Indeed, the motor-vehicle is arguably the single most important factor for change in Africa in the twentieth century. A factor for change that thus far has been neglected in research and literature. Yet its impact extends across the totality of human existence; from ecological devastation to economic advancement, from cultural transformation to political change, through a myriad of other themes. This edited volume of eleven contributions by historians, anthropologists and social and political scientists explores aspects of the social history and anthropology of the motor-vehicle in Africa

Colonialism · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Geography · Political science · Politics · Symbol (formal · Truck · African history and culture studies · Automotive Engineering · Engineering · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · 20th century · Africa · Automotive Transportation · Motor vehicles · Social aspects · Social conditions · Transportation, automotive

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