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Nubian Encounters: The Story of the Nubian Ethnological Survey 1961-1964
Nicholas Hopins
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Description for Nubian Encounters: The Story of the Nubian Ethnological Survey 1961-1964
Hardback. A retrospective look at a broad-ranging and major investigation of the circumstances and culture of a displaced people Editor(s): Hopins, Nicholas; Mehanna, Sohair. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 885.
In the 1960s the construction of the Aswan High Dam occasioned the forced displacement of a large part of the Nubian population. Beginning in 1960, anthropologists at the American University in Cairo's Social Research Center undertook a survey of the Nubians to be moved and those already outside their historic homeland. The goal was to record and analyze Nubian culture and social organization, to create a record for the future, and to preserve a body of information on which scholars and officials could draw. This book chronicles the research carried out by an international team with the cooperation of many ... Read more
In the 1960s the construction of the Aswan High Dam occasioned the forced displacement of a large part of the Nubian population. Beginning in 1960, anthropologists at the American University in Cairo's Social Research Center undertook a survey of the Nubians to be moved and those already outside their historic homeland. The goal was to record and analyze Nubian culture and social organization, to create a record for the future, and to preserve a body of information on which scholars and officials could draw. This book chronicles the research carried out by an international team with the cooperation of many ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774164019
SKU
V9789774164019
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About Nicholas Hopins
Nicholas S. Hopkins is emeritus professor of anthropology and former Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the American University in Cairo. Sohair Mehanna was a member of the Nubian Ethnological Survey, and has had a long career working in social research in Egypt.
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