War in the tribal zone
Subtitle: expanding states and indigenous warfare
By: R. Brian Ferguson and Neil L. Whitehead.
Contributors: Ferguson, R. Brian.; Whitehead, Neil L.
Edition: [2nd printing], with a new pref. by the editors.
Series: School of american research advanced seminar series
Publisher: School of American Research Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Santa Fe (N. M.); Oxford : J. Currey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: War and society -- Cross-cultural studies; Military art and science -- Cross-cultural studies; Indigenous peoples
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-297) and index.
Table of contents: title: The violent edge of empire / R. Brian Ferguson and Neil L. Whitehead; title: War and peace in Roman North Africa / D. J. Mattingly; title: Conquest and resistance / R.A.L.H. Gunawardana; title: Aztec and Spanish conquest in Mesoamerica / Ross Hassig; title: Warfare on the West African slave coast, 1650-1850 / Robin Law; title: Tribes make states and states make tribes / Neil L. Whitehead; title: Beavers and muskets / Thomas S. Abler; title: Tribe and state in a frontier mosaic / Michael F. Brown and Eduardo Fernandez; title: A savage encounter / R. Brian Ferguson; title: Let the bow go down / Andrew Strathern.