AfTeR – The African Text: Representing Africa in Imperial Russia (1850-1917)
The essay was first published for another editor (E. Evdokimov) in 1894, under the title Arapy: ocherk byta i nravov chernogo plemeni (Arapy: An Essay on the Way of Life and Customs of Black Tribes). Since 1898 it has been part of the series “Knizhka za knizhkoi” (N° 46 in the catalogue). The book, aimed primarily at children […]
Koropchevskii, D.A.: Arapy Read Post »
According to the author’s preface, this should have been the first of five instalments aimed at popularising knowledge on world population, especially from an ethnographic point of view. The other four volumes would have covered Oceania, Asia, the Americas and Europe (with a special focus on its rural population) […]
Koropchevskii, D.A.: People. Ethnographic Essays. Black People: Africa Read Post »