{"product_id":"yatenga-hammond","title":"Yatenga by Peter B. Hammond","description":"\u003ch2\u003eYatenga by Peter B. Hammond\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"eujQNb\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003e\u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px none rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eYatenga: Technology in the Culture of a West African Kingdom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e by Peter B. Hammond \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eis a detailed anthropological study of the Mossi people living in the historic Yatenga kingdom of northern (present day) Burkina Faso. The book examines how a society's survival tools and agricultural methods directly shape its social, political, and religious institutions. Hammond demonstrates that because these manual tools require intense human cooperation, they dictate how families organize their labor and maintain kinship networks. This technological foundation extends into the political and spiritual realms, where the authority of local chiefs relies on managing scarce land resources, and religious rituals are timed to coordinate the community's planting and harvesting cycles. The book provides an analysis of a self-sustaining society, showing how technology and culture work together as a logical system for environmental survival. \u003c!--TgQPHd|[]--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover without dust jacket \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Good, the spine is lightly bleached, no notes\/stamps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1st Edition, 1966\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublishing House: The Free Press, New York \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eureka Editions ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57790400889180,"sku":null,"price":17.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/6333\/3724\/files\/DBE57D3A-C242-478D-8426-A48BE867D398.jpg?v=1780500151","url":"https:\/\/www.eurekaedition.com\/products\/yatenga-hammond","provider":"Eureka Editions ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}