The Shaping of Somali Society : : Reconstructing the History of a Pastoral People, 1600-1900 / / Lee V. Cassanelli.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Cassanelli, Lee V.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Series: The Ethnohistory Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)

In seeking to reconstruct the past of this important African society, the author has drawn upon ethnographic and linguistic evidence, travelers' accounts, a substantial body of Somali oral traditions, and recollections gathered from several visits to the country. By combining oral tradition with traditional historiography, Cassanelli reveals the interplay of the precolonial environmental, social, economic, and religious cforces.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Transcription -- Note on the Use of Geographical and Clan Names -- Introduction -- 1. The Societal and Historiographical Background -- 2. Toward a Regional Approach to Somali Pastoral History -- 3. Pastoral Power: The Ajuraan in History and Tradition -- 4. Saints, Sultans, and Sectarians: Islamic Themes in Southern Somali History, ca. 1600-1850 -- 5. Southern Somali Commerce and Economy in the Nineteenth Century -- 6. Local History and Regional Resistance: The Somali Response to Colonial Occupation in the Benaadir Region, 1870-1910 -- Afterword -- Appendix A: Comments on the Collection and Use of Somali Oral Sources -- Appendix B: Glossary of Somali and Arabic Words -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter