Glassman, Jonathon.

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

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381 -389) and index.

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

9780253222800 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2010-034170


Violence -- History.-- Tanzania -- Zanzibar


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

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