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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Middleton, John, 1921-2009.

Tait, David, -1955 or 1956.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography.

Africa (Routledge (Firm)) ; 18.

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Africa ; XVIII

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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

Notes:

First published in 1958.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 6, 2013).

ISBN:

1-136-53220-X

1-136-53213-7

1-315-01735-0

9781315017358

OCLC:

865330571