Pride of Men

by Colleen E. Kriger

Admired, respected, and remembered as legendary heroes, ironworkers occupied a special social position in precolonial west central Africa. Pride of Men investigates how and why this was so. Colleen Kriger unveils the "mystique" of ritual and legend surrounding ironworking to shed light on the labor processes, workplaces, and metalwares that were deemed so indispensable to central African societies. She identifies complex patters of iron production...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325001065
• ISBN13: 9780325001067
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher