"Zentralafrika (Region)" . . "HISTORY / Africa / Central" . . "Politics and government" . . "Politics and government." . "Africa, Central" . . "Africa, Central." . "Africa Central" . "Bantu languages History." . . "Politieke geschiedenis." . . "Geschichte." . . "Afrique noire" . . "Afrique équatoriale" . . "Bantu (Idioma) Historia." . . . . "American Council of Learned Societies." . . "Centraal Afrika." . . "Politik." . . "Humanitats." . . "Africa del Sur" . . "Zentralafrika." . . "Bantu languages." . . "Bantu languages" . "Bantous." . . "politisk antropologi, kulturhistorie, kolonipolitik" . . "Pueblos de lenguas bantúes Política y gobierno." . . "Bantous Migrations." . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . . . "<DIV> Vansina's scope is breathtaking: he reconstructs the history of the forest lands that cover all or part of southern Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Congo, Zaire, the Central African Republic, and Cabinda in Angola, discussing the original settlement of the forest by the western Bantu; the periods of expansion and innovation in agriculture; the development of metallurgy; the rise and fall of political forms and of power; the coming of Atlantic trade and colonialism; and the conquest of the rainforests by colonial powers and the destruction of a way of life. \"In 400 elegantly brilliant pages Vansina lays out five millennia of history for nearly 200 distinguishable regions of the forest of equatorial Africa around a new, subtly paradoxical interpretation of 'tradition.'\"--Joseph Miller, University of Virginia \"Vansina gives extended coverage ... to the broad features of culture and the major lines of historical development across the region between 3000 B.C. and A.D. 1000. It is truly an outstanding effort, readable, subtle, and integrative in its interpretations, and comprehensive in scope. ... It is a seminal study ... but it is also a substantive history that will long retain its usefulness.\"-Christopher Ehret, American Historical Review."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Llibres electrònics" . . "Paths in the rainforests : toward a history of political tradition in equatorial Africa" . . . . "Paths in the rainforest : toward a history of political tradition in Equatorial Africa"@it . . . . . . . . . . . . "Paths in the rainforests : toward a history of political tradition in Equatorial Africa" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Paths in the rain forests"@en . "Paths in the rain forests" . . . . "Paths in the rainforests toward a history of political tradition in equatorial Africa"@en . . . "Paths in the rainforests toward a history of political tradition in equatorial Africa" . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Bantu languages History 19th century Case studies Kenya." . . "Bantu." . . "Geschichte" . . "Bantu-speaking peoples Politics and government 19th century Case studies Kenya." . . "Tradition." . . "Langues bantoues Histoire." . . "Africa, Sub-Saharan" . . "Africa, Sub-Saharan." . "Midden-Afrika." . . "Ethnohistorie." . . "Lenguas bantúes Historia." . . "Bantu-speaking peoples Politics and government." . . "Bantu-speaking peoples Politics and government" . "Geschiedenis van Afrika." . . "samfundsstrukturer: socialantropologi, centralafrika" . . "Bantous Politique et gouvernement." . . "Political science." . . "Langues bantoues." . . "Afrique centrale" . . "Africa, Sur del Sahara" . .