This collection of R. E. Bradbury's papers, originally published in 1973 includes edited sections of his (then hitherto) unpublished thesis on the Benin village in Western Nigeria. The book is arranged in 3 parts: historical and political studies of the kingdom of Benin; Benin village organization and religion and art. An introduction by Peter Morton-Williams traces bradbury's development as an interpreter of the culture, society and art of Benin, beginning with his first studies in the filed and culminating in the important anthropological and historical essays.
- ISBN10 0197241980
- ISBN13 9780197241981
- Publish Date 22 April 1976 (first published 20 September 1973)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 316
- Language English