Robert Launay

5 books

Savages, Romans, and Despots: Thinking about Others from Montaigne to Herder by Robert Launay

Savages, Romans, and Despots: Thinking about Others from Montaigne to Herder

Robert Launay

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction historical challenging informative slow-paced
Beyond the Stream: Islam and Society in a West African Town by Robert Launay
Beyond the Stream: Islam and Society in a West African Town
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Robert Launay

Beyond the Stream: Islam and Society in a West African Town

Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies

Robert Launay

258 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction sociology
Foundations of Anthropological Theory: From Classical Antiquity to Early Modern Europe by Robert Launay

Foundations of Anthropological Theory: From Classical Antiquity to Early Modern Europe

Robert Launay

296 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

informative slow-paced
The Sword of Truth: The Life and Times of Shehu Usuman Dan Fodio by Robert Launay, Mervyn Hiskett, John O. Hunwick
The Sword of Truth: The Life and Times of Shehu Usuman Dan Fodio
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Robert Launay, Mervyn Hiskett, John O. Hunwick

The Sword of Truth: The Life and Times of Shehu Usuman Dan Fodio

Robert Launay, Mervyn Hiskett, John O. Hunwick

194 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction biography challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Traders Without Trade: Responses to Change in Two Dyula Communities by Robert Launay

Traders Without Trade: Responses to Change in Two Dyula Communities

Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Robert Launay

204 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced