Near Eastern tribal societies during the nineteenth century economy, society and politics between tent and town /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sheffield ; Bristol, Conn. :
Equinox,
2013.
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| Series: | Approaches to anthropological archaeology
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Table of Contents:
- What is a tribe
- Travellers in the Levant in the nineteenth century
- The dynamics of territorial and power structures
- Oral traditions
- Tribal society and its relation to the landscape
- Tribal institutions
- Relations between the tribes and the state
- From tribe to tribal state: three case studies
- Economy of tribal societies
- Ethnicity and the sense of belonging
- Women in tribal societies
- Religion and folklore
- Back in time: historical parallels.