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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826725303321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-136-53220-X

1-136-53213-7

1-315-01735-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Africa ; ; XVIII

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography

Altri autori (Persone)

MiddletonJohn <1921-2009.>

TaitDavid-1955 or 1956

Disciplina

572.96

Soggetti

Political anthropology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1958.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.