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First published in 1969.
Divided into two parts, the first sections in the book examine the significance of the tribal factor in certain general contexts and discuss some of the particular backgrounds to contemporary transition in East Africa. There are essays on politics, economic development, language, law and education, together with a comparative look at European nationalism. In the second part, the grass-roots basis and development of the concept of the tribe are considered and its operation in social life in rural areas discussed.
The contributions come from a wide range of schol

Ethnology --- Tribes --- Tribes and tribal system --- Families --- Clans

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Until the First World War, Near Eastern society was tribally organised. In the Levant and the Arabian peninsula, where the Ottoman empire was weak, large and powerful tribes such as the Anaze, Beni Sakhr and Shammar competed for control of the land, the people and the economy. This in-depth study explores the history, archaeology and anthropology of tribal society, economy and politics in the villages, towns and deserts of the Near East in the nineteenth century. Drawing on a wide range of historical accounts from travellers, adventurers and explorers as well as archaeological evidence, the book sheds new light on tribal life and tribal organisation as a driving force in Near Eastern society. While a straight comparison between ancient and more recent tribal communities must be treated with caution, the book shows how a better understanding of nineteenth-century tribal ethics and customs provides useful insights into the history and power relations of the more distant past and the underlying causes for the present conflicts of the region. The book is an important addition to new research on Bedouin life and culture and will be of interest to historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and scholars of the Near East.

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Tribes --- Tribes and tribal system --- Families --- Clans --- History --- India, Northeastern --- Great Britain --- Northeast India --- Northeastern India --- Politics and government --- Colonies

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In almost all developing and developed societies, tribals are viewed as the 'other'-an anachronism or an object of curiosity. Initially marginalized by the creation of the boundaries of the nation-state, these indigenous peoples were further hedged in by colonialism and, then, by the indifferent or patronizing modern state. This volume brings together significant contributions by distinguished Indian and foreign scholars on the sociology of tribes, particularly those of India as also of Africa and Canada. It focuses on the social history of a cross-section of tribes in these three societies. T

Social change. --- Tribes --- Tribes. --- Tribes and tribal system --- Families --- Clans --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- India --- Social conditions

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Political systems --- Sociology of the developing countries --- Sociology of culture --- East Africa --- Tribes --- Africa, East --- Politics and government. --- -Tribes and tribal system --- Families --- Clans --- -Africa, British East --- British East Africa --- Politics and government --- -Africa, East --- -Politics and government --- Tribes and tribal system --- Tribes - Africa, East. --- Africa, East - Politics and government.