02917oam 2200637I 450 991046420520332120200520144314.01-136-53213-71-315-01735-010.4324/9781315017358 (CKB)3710000000056482(EBL)1543001(SSID)ssj0001169920(PQKBManifestationID)11697000(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001169920(PQKBWorkID)11166096(PQKB)11716727(MiAaPQ)EBC1543001(Au-PeEL)EBL1543001(CaPaEBR)ebr10800242(CaONFJC)MIL783902(OCoLC)865330571(OCoLC)958103884(EXLCZ)99371000000005648220180331e20041958 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTribes without rulers studies in African segmentary systems /edited by John Middleton and David TaitOxon [England] :Routledge,2004.1 online resource (369 p.)Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Africa ;XVIIIRoutledge library editions.Anthropology and ethnographyFirst published in 1958.1-138-86190-1 0-415-32997-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexRecent 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.Routledge library editions.Anthropology and ethnography.Africa (Routledge (Firm)) ;18.Political anthropologyElectronic books.Political anthropology.572.96Middleton John1921-2009.887302Tait David-1955 or 1956.930722MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464205203321Tribes without rulers2093469UNINA