: Blacksmiths of Ilamba: A Social History of Labor at the Nova Oeiras Iron Foundry (Angola, 18th Century)

2025/06/01 by Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh · 1 voice
Engineering · Social Sciences · #African history and culture studies #Archaeology #Colonialism, slavery, and trade #Economic history #Engineering #Foundry #Global Maritime and Colonial Histories #History #Mechanical engineering #Nova (rocket) #Political science #Work (physics)

paper · doi:10.1017/rqx.2024.350

openalex publication_date 2025/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

Blacksmiths of Ilamba: A Social History of Labor at the Nova Oeiras Iron Foundry (Angola, 18th Century). Crislayne Alfagali. Work in Global and Historical Prespective 15. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023. xv + 386 pp. 65.99. - Volume 78 Issue 2

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• I reviewed Chrislayne Alfagali's brilliant _Blacksmiths of Ilamba_ for @rsaorg.bsky.social's Renaissance Quarterly. Highly recommend Alfagali's book to anyone interested in histories of technology and [bsky, 21 points, 1 comments]

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