{"product_id":"being-maasai-ethnicity-and-identity-in-east-africa-paperback","title":"Being Maasai: Ethnicity and Identity In East Africa - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Spear\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone \"knows\" the Maasai as proud pastoralists who once dominated the Rift Valley from northern Kenya to central Tanzania. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But many people who identity themselves as Maasai, or who speak Maa, are not pastoralist at all, but farmers and hunters. Over time many different people have \"become\" something else. And what it means to be Maasai has changed radically over the past several centuries and is still changing today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This collection by historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and linguists examines how Maasai identity has been created, evoked, contested, and transformed from the time of their earliest settlement in Kenya to the present, as well as raising questions about the nature of ethnicity generally.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Spear\u003c\/b\u003e received his doctorate in history at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He has written histories of \u003ci\u003eZwangendaba's Ngoni, \u003c\/i\u003e the Mijikenda \u003ci\u003e(The Kaya Complex), \u003c\/i\u003e eastern and central Kenya \u003ci\u003e(Kenya's Past), \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Swahili\u003c\/i\u003e (with Derek Nurse); and the Meru and Arusha peoples of Tanzania \u003ci\u003e(Mountain Farmers)\u003c\/i\u003e. Formerly at La Trobe University and Williams College, he is professor of history emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Waller\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of History at Bucknell University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 8.72 x 5.78 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51778009956640,"sku":"9780821410455","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c946456495721577eb31baab2c993a0b.webp?v=1780504018","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/being-maasai-ethnicity-and-identity-in-east-africa-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}