Many people have lived experiences from which the rest of us could learn, and act upon, but all to often their knowledge dies with them. David Brokensha's memoir is an important exception. Brokensha, now 84, was a young soldier in WW2, a prisoner of war, a student at three universities, a colonial administrator, a founder of a public-policy orientated NGO, a professor of anthropology, and a South African exile who returned home in 1999. This fascinating memoir not only follows Brokensha's long and productive life, it also ...
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Many people have lived experiences from which the rest of us could learn, and act upon, but all to often their knowledge dies with them. David Brokensha's memoir is an important exception. Brokensha, now 84, was a young soldier in WW2, a prisoner of war, a student at three universities, a colonial administrator, a founder of a public-policy orientated NGO, a professor of anthropology, and a South African exile who returned home in 1999. This fascinating memoir not only follows Brokensha's long and productive life, it also demonstrates, in a lively and highly readable fashion, how anthropological field research can generate benefits in a way that desk-based theories usually do not. As a perhaps-unintended result, it describes, too, how these benefits accrue to the researcher as well as to the 'subjects' of his research. David Brokensha and his life-companion Bernard Riley lived and worked together-and apart- in Africa, the USA and the UK for nearly fifty years; the book is also the story of their love.
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Add this copy of Brokie's Way: an Anthropologist's Story: Love and Work to cart. $56.22, very good condition, Sold by Seagull Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hove, EAST SUSSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2007 by Amani Press.
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Very Good. Size: 0x0x0; Signed by Author(s) Has some light general reading/shelfwear-otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK.
Add this copy of Brokie's Way: an Anthropologist's Story to cart. $72.00, very good condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 2007 by Amani Press.
Add this copy of Brokie's Way: an Anthropologist's Story: Love and Work to cart. $89.00, fair condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 2007 by Amani Press, Fish Hoek, South Africa.
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Fair. No Jacket. 566 pages (complete). A contentedly owned copy. The cover of this, at times, moving story has some wear and creasing. It is secure and sound. The contents have evidence of readership, but are benign, clear, neat, bright, energetic and firm. A kind, benevolent book. fk.
Add this copy of Brokie's Way: an Anthropologist's Story to cart. $104.00, very good condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 2007 by Amani Press.
Add this copy of Brokie's Way: an Anthropologist's Story: Love and Work to cart. $104.00, good condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 2007 by Amani Press.
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Good. No Jacket. Inscribed by Author(s)The author has inscribed and dated (Dec 2007) the frontispage. This copy is in robust condition. The bottom left front portion has been crushed during storage/ packing and has buckled that corner area. It has also resulted in some separation from the spine at the inside front cover. There is also some resultant imbalance in the binding. The spine has user creases. The paper trim edges are slightly marked from usage. However, inside, the condition is very good throughout. The pages are fresh and bright, youthful and clear. The colour illustrations in particular are vivid. All pages are in pleasing condition. fk.
