Near Eastern tribal societies during the nineteenth century [electronic resource] : economy, society and politics between tent and town / Eveline van der Steen.
Material type: TextSeries: Approaches to anthropological archaeologyPublication details: Sheffield ; Bristol, Conn. : Equinox, 2013.Description: xvii, 302 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 305.800956 23
- GN492.5 .S74 2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.