Table of Contents: Near Eastern tribal societies during the nineteenth century

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

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

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Bibliographic Details
:	ProQuest (Firm) Steen, E. J. van der
TeilnehmendeR:	ProQuest (Firm)
Year of Publication:	2013
Language:	English
Series:	Approaches to anthropological archaeology
Online Access:	https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/oeawat/detail.action?docID=1815538
Physical Description:	xvii, 302 p.
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Table of Contents:

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.