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Dealing with government in South Sudan : histories of chiefship, community & state / Cherry Leonardi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leonardi, Cherry.
- Series:
- Eastern African studies (London, England)
- Eastern Africa series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chiefdoms--South Sudan--History.
- Chiefdoms.
- History.
- South Sudan--Politics and government.
- South Sudan.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 253 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : James Currey/Boydell & Brewer, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Glossary; General Introduction; Part One: From Zariba to Merkaz: The Creation of the Nodal State Frontier, c. 1840-1920; 1 Frontier societies and the political economy of knowledge in the nineteenth century; 2 Colonial frontiers and the emergence of government chiefs, c. 1900-1920; Part Two: From Makama to Mejlis: The Making of Chiefship and the Local State, 1920s-1950s; 3 Constituting the urban frontier: chiefship and the colonial labour economy, 1920s-1940s
- 4 Claiming rights and guarantees: chiefs' courts and state justice, c. 1900-19565 Containing the frontier: the tensions of territorial chiefdoms, 1930s-1950s; 6 Uncertainty on the urban frontier: chiefs and the politics of Sudanese independence, 1946-1958; Part Three: From Malakiya to Medina: The Fluctuating Expansion of the Urban Frontier, c. 1956-2010; 7 Trading knowledge: chiefship, local elites and the urban frontier, c. 1956-2010; 8 Regulating depredation: chiefs and the military, 1963-2005
- 9 Reprising 'tradition': the mutual production of community and state in the twenty-first century10 Knowing the system: judicial pluralism and discursive legalism in the interim period, 2005-2010; Conclusion; Interviews; Bibliography; Index; Backcover
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on Aug. 9, 2013).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel P. Orlando Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Leonardi, Cherry Dealing with Government in South Sudan : Histories of Chiefship, Community and State
- ISBN:
- 9781782040873
- 1782040870
- Publisher Number:
- 99958768286
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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