Near Eastern Tribal Societies During the Nineteenth Century - Economy, Society and Politics Between Tent and Town

Informationen zum Autor Eveline van der Steen is an archaeologist who has worked extensively in the Near East! in Jordan! Syria! Lebanon! Palestine and Israel. She studied at Leiden and Groningen universities in the Netherlands! and is honorary research fellow at the University of Liverpool. Her publications include books and articles on the archaeology of the Bronze and Iron Ages in Jordan and Palestine! and on 19th century travellers in the Near East and their interactions with the local tribes. Zusammenfassung This volume provides an in-depth study of tribal life in the Near East in the 19th century, exploring how tribes shaped society, economy and politics in the desert, as well as in villages and towns. Until the First World War Near Eastern society was tribally organized. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. What is a Tribe? 2. Travellers in the Levant in the Nineteenth Century. 3. The Dynamics of Territorial and Power Structures. 4. Oral Traditions. 5. Tribal Society and its Relation to the Landscape. 6. Tribal Institutions. 7. Relations Between the Tribe and the State. 8. From Tribe to Tribal State: Three Case Studies. 9. Economy of Tribal Societies. 10. Ethnicicty and the Sense of Belonging. 11. Women in Tribal Societies. 12. Religion and Folklore. 13. Back in Time: Historical Parallels.

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• Authors: E. J. Van Der Steen, Eveline Van Steen, Eveline Van Der Steen, Eveline van der Steen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2005
• EAN: 9781908049834
• ISBN: 978-1-908049-83-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Society and culture: general