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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463336403321

Autore

Steen E. J. van der (Eveline J.)

Titolo

Near Eastern tribal societies during the nineteenth century : economy, society and politics between tent and town / / Eveline van der Steen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-54347-5

1-315-72862-1

1-317-54348-3

1-84465-782-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Approaches to anthropological archaeology

Disciplina

305.800956

Soggetti

Tribes - Middle East

Electronic books.

Middle East Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2013 by Equinox, an imprint of Acumen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.