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War of words, war of stones :

Glassman, Jonathon.

War of words, war of stones : racial thought and violence in colonial Zanzibar / Jonathon Glassman. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011. - xii, 398 p., [14] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rethinking race in the colonial world -- The creation of a racial state -- A secular intelligentsia and the origins of exclusionary ethnic nationalism -- Subaltern intellectuals and the rise of racial nationalism -- Politics and civil society during the newspaper wars -- Rumor, race, and crime -- Violence as racial discourse -- "June" as chosen trauma -- Conclusion and epilogue : remaking race.

9780253355850 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253355850 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780253222800 (pbk. : alk. paper) 025322280X (pbk. : alk. paper)

2010034170


Violence--History.--Tanzania--Zanzibar


Zanzibar--History--20th century.
Zanzibar--Ethnic relations--History.
Zanzibar--Race relations--History.

DT449.Z28 / .G53 2011

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