Like Lions they Fought: The Zulu War and the Last Black Empire in South Africa

Describes the causes and background of the Zulu War, recounts the experiences of British and Zulu survivors, and looks at the strategies and tactics of the war

Like Lions They Fought: The Zulu War and the Last Black Empire in South Africa

History

Edgerton, Robert B.

Africa

The Free Press/Macmillan

An objective look at the bloody Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s discusses the role of the Mau Mau in the battle for Kenya's independence, the atrocities committed on both sides of the struggle, and the black African view of the era

Mau Mau: An African Crucible

Free Press

An anthropologist challenges the myth of the Noble Savage, reviewing the actual social conditions in the developed and developing worlds and examining such phenomena as mental illness, poverty, disease, deviance, criminality, suicide, revolution, and more.

Sick Societies: Challenging the Myth of Primitive Harmony

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Telling the Asantes' story of their hundred-year war with the British Empire--from 1807 to 1900--a saga of massive resistance against overwhelming odds reveals a wealthy, sophisticated culture and balances our view of native African societies.

Fall of the Asante Empire: The Hundred-Year War for Africa's Gold Coast

Ballantine Books

The Mau Mau rebellion in the 1950s was portrayed as the work of a primitive cult who exercised violence against white settlers in Kenya. Edgerton shows that in reality the Mau Mau were a national liberation army like many others that rose up against the British in the twilight of Empire. 8-page photo insert.

“This is a compelling, well-told story that gives us extraordinary insights into why Japanese and Chinese see each other as they do, how Americans and Russians became involved in the barbarism of Asian conflicts, and why this will be remembered as the century of total and incredibly brutal war.” ―Walter LaFeber, author of The Clash Chronicles the Japanese military's transformation from honorable soldiers known for their chivalry and kindness towards their wounded and imprisoned enemies into men who massacred hundreds of thousands in the Pacific theater during World War II.

Warriors of the Rising Sun: A History of the Japanese Military

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

W.W.Norton&Company

The Individual in Cultural A Study of Four East African Peoples

The Individual in Cultural Adaptation: A Study of Four East African Peoples

Univ. Of California Pr.

This new edition brings up to date a classic study of the everyday lives of previously institutionalized people with mental retardation. For the first time, the author allowed these people to speak about their own lives, their fears, and their hopes. He focused on the role of stigma in their lives and their efforts to pass as normal, as well as the need they had for normal benefactors. Now, using the same ethnographic methods, Robert Edgerton follows up the original population over a period of three decades. His new findings greatly expand our knowledge of these individuals, suggesting that as they grow older they increase their social competence, life satisfaction, independence, and ability to contribute to the lives of others. Human service professionals and others concerned with mental retardation will welcome Edgerton's discussion of current issues such as the role of environmental factors in modifying mental retardation and the need for new conceptual approaches.

The Cloak of Competence: Stigma in the Lives of the Mentally Retarded

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

University of California Press

Alone Together: Social Order on an Urban Beachhardcoverincludes book sleeve

Alone Together: Social Order on an Urban Beach

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Like Lions They Fought: The Zulu War and the Last Black Empire in South Africa

Mau Mau: An African Crucible

Sick Societies: Challenging the Myth of Primitive Harmony

Fall of the Asante Empire: The Hundred-Year War for Africa's Gold Coast

Like Lions they Fought: The Zulu War and the Last Black Empire in South Africa

Mau Mau: An African Crucible

Warriors of the Rising Sun: A History of the Japanese Military

The Individual in Cultural Adaptation: A Study of Four East African Peoples

The Cloak of Competence: Stigma in the Lives of the Mentally Retarded

Alone Together: Social Order on an Urban Beach