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Thomas Spear
Researcher at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publications - 36
Citations - 1420
Thomas Spear is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author has contributed to research in topics: Swahili & Historiography. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 36 publications receiving 1390 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas Spear include Williams College.
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African Merchants of the Indian Ocean: Swahili of the East African Coast
TL;DR: The African Merchants of the Indian Ocean: Swahili of the East African Coast by John Middleton as discussed by the authors is an excellent survey of the history, economy, language, history, and culture of the region.
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The Interpretation of Evidence in African History
TL;DR: The decathalon of the social sciences has been referred to by as mentioned in this paper as a "decision-making problem in the field of history, archaeology, comparative linguistics, anthropology, ethnography, and oral traditions".
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Zwangendaba's Ngoni, 1821-1890 : a political and social history of a migration
Gerhard Liesegang,Thomas Spear +1 more