The soul of the Luba: W.F.P. Burton, missionary ethnography and Belgian colonial science

History and Anthropology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-351

  Maxwell, David ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belgium congo; Colonial science; Luba; Missionary ethnography; Pentecostalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149589878     PISSN: 02757206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757200802517216     Document Type: Article

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