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1. Neighbours and Nationals in an African City Ward

   By David Parkin

   This study analyses the way in which tribal ties are maintained in the development of a tribally mixed, middle class community in Kampala, Uganda. Political independence in the early nineteen sixties in much of Africa created expectations of increased development, education and living standards....

   Published February 25th 2004 by Routledge
2. Ships and the Development of Maritime Technology on the Indian Ocean

   Edited by Ruth Barnes, David Parkin

   Series: Routledge Indian Ocean Series

   Recognising the fundamental role both of shipping communities and the technologies crafted and shared by them, this book explores the types of ships, methods of navigation and modes of water-borne trade in the Indian Ocean region and the way they affected the development of distinctive settlements...

   Published June 26th 2002 by Routledge
3. Islamic Prayer Across the Indian Ocean

   Inside and Outside the Mosque

   By Stephen Headley, David Parkin

   Series: Routledge Indian Ocean Series

   In its attempt to squash the influence of animism and pantheism or polytheism and to promote the idea of the One and Only Absolute God, Islam has come up against a tendency within itself to incorporate certain local religious traditions and practices. This book shares that combination of...

   Published August 23rd 2000 by Routledge
4. Bush Base, Forest Farm

   Culture, Environment, and Development

   Edited by Elisabeth Croll, David Parkin

   Taking a unique anthropological apprach, Bush Base: Forest Farm explores the management of resources in third would development programmes. The contributors, all distinguished anthropologists with practical experience of development projects, focus on the role of human cultural imagination in the...

   Published July 1st 1992 by Routledge