Tribes without rulers : studies in African segmentary systems / edited by John Middleton and David Tait.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2004.
Description
1 online resource (369 p.)

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Recent research in Africa has shown a wide range of political systems, from small societies of wandering hunters to large states of several million people comparable with mediaeval European feudal kingdoms. In between are many societies in which a central government is lacking; the political system is based upon a balance of power between many small groups, which with their lack of classes or specialized political offices, have been called 'ordered anarchies'. First published in 1958.
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First published in 1958.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 6, 2013).
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English
Contents
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Foreword to the 1970 Impression; Preface; Introduction; Political Aspects of TIV Social Organization; The Mandari of the Southern Sudan; The Western Dinka; The Aboriginal Political Structure of Bwamba; The Territorial Pattern and Lineage System of Konkomba; The Political System of the Lugbara of the Nile-Congo Divide; Index
ISBN
  • 1-136-53220-X
  • 1-136-53213-7
  • 1-315-01735-0
OCLC
  • 865330571
  • 958103884
  • 868979658
Doi
  • 10.4324/9781315017358
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