Tio Kingdom of the Middle Congo - 1880-1892

Informationen zum Autor Jan Vansina Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1973, this book reconstructs the political and economic organization and the social life of the Tio kingdom at the end of the 19th century by means of a critical synthesis of documentary and ethnographic data. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Part 1: The Little Society 2. Kinship 3. Residential Groups 4. Marriage 5. The Economics of Subsistence: Production 6. The Economics of Subsistence: Domestic Life 7. Fortune and Misfortune 8. The Flow of Life 9. The Inner World Part 2: The Wider Society 10.Tthe Great Congo Trade 11. The Commercial Economy 12. the Protectors: Lords and Squires 13. The Resolution of Conflict 14. The King and His Realm 15. The Kingdom Under Iloo Part 3: A Perspective Through Time 16. Tio Society to 1880 17. Social Change Among the tio of MBE (1880-1964)

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• Authors: Jan Vansina, Jan Mauny Vansina, Vansina Jan
• Assisted by: R. Mauny (Editor), L. V. Thomas (Editor), Jan Vansina (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138599130
• ISBN: 978-1-138-59913-0
• No. of pages: 610
• Series: African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Congo, Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies