The Shaping of Somali Society : : Reconstructing the History of a Pastoral People, 1600-1900 / / Lee V. Cassanelli.
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 wit...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1982 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Ethnohistory Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
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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