Gada
Subtitle: three approaches to the study of African society
By: Asmerom Legesse
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: The Red Sea Press, Inc.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Trenton, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781569023983; 9781569023990
Subjects: Boran (African people); Social life and customs; Political customs and rites; Political culture
Notes: Originally published: New York : Free Press, 1973.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction --; title: Family, community and kinship: the sociological background --; title: Gada grades : stages of the the life cycle --; title: The Gada puzzle : structural analysis --; title: Simulating the transformation of Gada : a generative model --; title: Is the Gada system in equilibrium? Statistical analysis --; title: Historic chronology and astronomic calendar :structural analysis --; title: Election 1963 : analysis of social drama --; title: Conclusion methodological and theoretical --; title: Postscript on ethnocentrism in the social sciences.