Politics and history in band societies
By: edited by Eleanor Leacock, Richard Lee. --
Contributors: Leacodk, Eleanor Burke, 1922-; Lee, Richard B.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 500
Subjects: Government, Primitive -- Addresses, essays, lectures; Hunting and gathering societies -- Addresses, essays, lectures; Indigenous peoples -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Description: Collection of papers giving new information on the history and culture of contemporary gathering and hunting peoples from Canada, India, Africa, Australia and the Philippines. Focuses on two themes: 1) the techniques which band-living foraging peoples employ to organize their social and economic lives, and 2) their current fight for the right to their own lands and for a measure of cultural and political autonomy.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.

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