Near Eastern tribal societies during the nineteenth century
Subtitle: economy, society and politics between tent and town
By: Eveline J. van der Steen
Series: Approaches to anthropological archaeology
Publisher: Equinox
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Sheffield; Bristol, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781908049834
Subjects: Social conditions; Tribes; Middle East
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is a tribe; title: Travellers in the Levant in the nineteenth century; title: The dynamics of territorial and power structures; title: Oral traditions; title: Tribal society and its relation to the landscape; title: Tribal institutions; title: Relations between the tribes and the state; title: From tribe to tribal state: three case studies; title: Economy of tribal societies; title: Ethnicity and the sense of belonging; title: Women in tribal societies; title: Religion and folklore; title: Back in time: historical parallels.