Out of Our Minds
Subtitle: Reason and Madness in the Exploration of Central Africa
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: June 13, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9780520221239
Subjects: African history: c 1500 to c 1900; African history: from c 1900 -; African studies; Social & cultural anthropology; TRAVEL & HOLIDAY; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; Ethnology; Anthropology - General; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; History; Sociology; Africa; Expeditions & Discoveries; Africa - Central; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Africa, Central; Ethnologists; Fieldwork; First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners
First sentence: A few years ago, when Europe was stirred by the striking adventures of some of our later travellers.