{"product_id":"the-tswana-isaac-schapera-9781138924901","title":"The Tswana","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1953 and this edition in 1991, this book was created in association with the International African Institute. Since its first publication, anthropology and African Studies have changed a great deal, but the bedrock of both remains unchanged: solid, sensitive ethnographic and historical accounts of the peoples and cultures of the continent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart One is by Isaac Schapera whose documentation of life and times in the Bechuanaland Protectorate stands as a starkly detailed chronical of an African population in a rapidly changing world. Schapera was one of the few anthropologists who spoke frankly of the rural predicament of rural Africans under colonialism. Far from describing the Tswana as a closed or timeless 'society', he locates the people in their political and economic context, and in so doing, has left behind an extraordinary record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Tswana \u003c\/i\u003econsists of the original text to which has been added a second part by John L. Comaroff, which covers the transformation of Tswana life in Botswana and South Africa 1953-85, plus a much enlarged bibliography. Together, the parts of the book make a valuable summary of an exceedingly rich and ethnographic and historical record that will continue to serve as an indispensable tool in research and teaching. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isaac Schapera, John L. Comaroff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138924903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138924901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.31d","brand":"Isaac Schapera","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46825759113471,"sku":"9781138924901","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ba54de5a-7262-4de7-8ad9-041245e73efd.jpg?v=1746073545","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tswana-isaac-schapera-9781138924901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}