Near Eastern tribal societies during the nineteenth century : Economy, society and politics between tent and town /

Near Eastern tribal societies during the nineteenth century : Economy, society and politics between tent and town /

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Main Author: Steen, E. J. van der (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Sheffield ; Bristol, CT : Equinox, 2013.

Series: Approaches to anthropologyical archaeology.

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Tribes > Middle East.
Middle East > Social conditions.

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Call Number: GN492.5 .S74 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.