List of contributors
A note on transcription
Setting the stage
Introduction / Nicholas David
The prehistory and early history of the northern Mandara mountains and surrounding plains / Scott Maceachern
My father René Gardi & Co.: Truadak and Rabash, Hans Eichenberger and Paul Hinderling / Bernhard Gardi
Society and economy
Smith and society: patterns of articulation in the northern Mandara mountains / Nicholas David and Judy Sterner
Ricardo in the Mandara mountains: iron, comparative advantage, and specialization / Nicholas David
Competition and change in two traditional African iron industries / Nicholas David and Ian G. Robertson
Typology and society: hoes and knives among the Wandala and their neighbors / Ian Robertson
History and ideology
The development of endogamy among smiths of the Mandara mountains eastern piedmont: myths, history and material evidence / Olivier Langlois
The wife of the village: understanding caste in the Mandara mountains / James H. Wade
The iron bride: blacksmith, iron, and femininity among the Kapsiki/Higi / Walther Van Beek
A touch of wildness: brass and brass casting in Kapsiki / Walter Van Beek
Afterword / Jean-Pierre Warnier.
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Metals in Mandara mountains society and culture. ISBN 9781592218905. Published by Africa World Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
