Near Eastern tribal societies during the nineteenth century economy, society and politics between tent and town

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steen, E. J. van der (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Sheffield ; Bristol, Conn. : Equinox 2013.
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.