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Kuwait and the Gulf: Small States and the International System by Hassan Ali Al-Ebraheem 9781138643048
RRP: £24.99£21.81A major result of the Second World War was the emergence of small states which vastly increased the membership of the international system. While a number of small states existed before the war many of these had made no effort to participate actively in... -
The Origins of the United Arab Emirates: A Political and Social History of the Trucial States by Rosemarie Said Zahlan 9781138642942
RRP: £45.99£40.13The creation of the United Arab Emirates in 1971 ended a century and a half of the existence of the Trucial States in special treaty relations with Britain. This book, first published in 1978, describes the evolution of tribes and their rulers' authority... -
On Both Banks of the Jordan: A Political Biography of Wasfi al-Tall by Asher Susser 9781138634725
RRP: £32.99£29.16To a large extent the history of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has been shaped by the interaction between Jordan and Palestine and between Jordanians and Palestinians. This book, first published in 1994, discusses this relationship during one of its... -
Radical Politics in Modern Turkey by Jacob M. Landau 9781138645011
RRP: £36.99£32.53The fact that the active and organized involvement of radical movements in Turkish politics is a recent development renders its investigation difficult. To be meaningful, the terms 'Left', 'Right' and 'Islamist' have to relate to specific situations, and... -
Chopi Musicians: Their Music, Poetry and Instruments by Hugh Tracey 9781138598775
£111.61Originally published in 1948 and updated with a new introduction in 1970 this book is a classic study on the musical life of a Bantu people in Mozambique. It discusses the poetry on which the music and dances are based and provides, both in original and... -
Regional Connection under the Belt and Road Initiative: The Prospects for Economic and Financial Cooperation by Fanny M. Cheung 9781138607491
RRP: £135.00£117.28China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is intended to radically increase investment and integration along a series of land and maritime routes. As the initiative involves more than 100 countries or international organizations and huge amounts of... -
Fertility, Health and Reproductive Politics: Re-imagining Rights in India by Maya Unnithan 9781138610965
RRP: £135.00£117.28Set in the context of the processes and practices of human reproduction and reproductive health in Northern India, this book examines the institutional exercise of power by the state, caste and kin groups. Drawing on ethnographic research over the... -
Sectarianism in Southern Nyasaland by R. L. Wishlade 9781138600416
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1965, this is a study of Christian secessionist sects in the southern Province of Nyasaland (Malawi). It discusses the nature and context of sectarianism in Africa and analyses the developemnt of the sects, their ritual and... -
South Africa and the UN Human Rights Council: The Fate of the Liberal Order by Eduard Jordaan 9781138609945
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book provides a detailed analysis of South Africa's actions on the UN Human Rights Council, examining the country's positions on civil and political rights, economic rights and development, social groups whose rights are frequently violated, and... -
Good Company: A Study of Nyakyusa Age-Villages by Monica Wilson 9781138600324
RRP: £33.99£30.00Originally published in 1951 this book is a study of village system in southern Tanzania, which at the time of publication was thought to be unique. Each village consisted not of a group of kinsmen but an age-set: a group of male contemporaries, together... -
Egyptian Art by Jean Capart 9781138605039
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1923, this book provides an exploration of Egyptian art. Drawing on environmental factors of the Egyptian region, architecture, history and Egyptian society, Capart also provides an insight into the psyche of the Egyptian artist... -
Population and Society in the Arab East by Gabriel Baer 9781138642966
RRP: £36.99£32.53This book, first published in English in 1964, examines a wide range of topics concerning society in the Arab East. Chapters are concerned with woman and the family; religious and linguistic communities; bedouins, fellas and townsmen; and the various... -
The Bantu of North Kavirondo: Volume 1 by Gunter Wagner 9781138599277
RRP: £45.99£40.13Originally published in 1949, this is the first of 2 volumes studying the Bantu tribes inhabiting the westernmost part of Kenya. The book analyses family, lineage and clan structure, kinship relations and the various rituals connected with every stage of... -
The Historian in Tropical Africa: Studies Presented and Discussed at the Fourth International African Seminar at the University of Dakar, Senegal 1961 by J. Vansina 9781138599123
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1964 these papers discuss the recovery and critical interpretation of oral traditions and written documents, problems of dating and analysis of material from archaeological sites, the use of linguistic evidence, and methods of... -
Economics in Primitive Communities by Richard Thurnwald 9781138598737
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1932, this book discusses aspects of economic life in Africa. Detailed consideration is given to food production, population increase, hunting, herding, distribution of goods and wealth, ownership and property, trade, feudalism... -
Bantu Prophets in South Africa by Bengt G. M. Sundkler 9781138598591
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1948 and then updated in 1961 outlines the religious and social background of the Zulus and discusses the rise of the Independent Church Movement. It examines the organization and inner workings of the different Churches, their... -
Social and Ritual Life of the Ambo of Northern Rhodesia by Bronislaw Stefaniszyn 9781138598478
£98.60Originally published in 1964, this is a detailed ethnographic record and sympathetic study of Ambo beliefs and activities. The significance of the clan and the matrilineage are discussed and the organization of the village and chiefdom analysed... -
The Konkomba of Northern Ghana: Edited From His Published and Unpublished Writings by Jack Goody by David Tait 9781138598614
£111.61Originally published in 1964 this book made available for the first time David Tait's writings on the Konkomba with whom he lived and worked for 5 years. Including some previously unpublished material, this volume discusses the political system of the... -
The Jakhanke: The History of an Islamic Clerical People of the Senegambia by Lamin O. Sanneh 9781138597761
£99.00When originally published in 1979, this was the first comprehensive study of the Jakhanke in any language. Despite the 19th ambience of jihad, the Jakhanke maintined their tradition of consistent pacifism and political neutrality which is unique in... -
Stanleyville: An African Urban Community Under Belgian Administration by Valdo Pons 9781138597518
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1969, this is a study of the Congolese community of Kinsangani (formerly Stanleyville), as it was in 1952-3 under Belgian administration. It pays particular attention to the tribal heterogeneity of the community, and to the... -
Religion in a Tswana Chiefdom by B. A. Pauw 9781138597358
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1960, this book is a study of religion among the Tlhaping, a rural Bantu society who were the first among the Tswana tribes to come into contact with Europeans. The religious organization of the Tlhaping has been viewed within the... -
Survey of African Marriage and Family Life by Arthur Phillips 9781138597419
RRP: £45.99£40.13Originally published in 1953, this study examines the effect of social change on African domestic organization and marriage. Changes to African social organization due to increased contact with the West are analyzed and accounts given as to how these... -
The Premise of Inequality in Ruanda: A Study of Political Relations in a Central African Kingdom by Jacques J. Maquet 9781138595743
£112.01Originally published in 1961, this study of the indigenous system of government in Ruanda-Urundi until the beginning of the 20th century, describes the complex relationship between the Tutsi and the Hutu and shows how the Tutsi succeeded in maintaining... -
Kikuyu: Social and Political Institutions by H. E. Lambert 9781138595538
£98.60Originally published in 1956, the main emphasis of the book is on the complex age-set organization which constitutes the framework within which the life of every Kikuyu is regulated from infancy to old age. The book shows how the political and... -
Valenge Women: Social and Economic Life of the Valenge Women of Portuguese East Africa by E. Dora Earthy 9781138595507
RRP: £33.99£30.00When first published in 1933, this monograph shed new light on the life of the Valenge women of Portuguese East Africa. It discusses their social organisations, family relationships, education, tribal customs, and contains detailed information concerning... -
Tribe and Class in Monrovia by Merran Fraenkel 9781138594210
£111.61Originally published in 1964, this book analyses the unique type of social stratification which is more akin to a social class system in Monrovia, Liberia's capital. Liberia, established in 1847 has no history of rule by a colonial power and is of... -
Witchcraft, Sorcery and Social Categories Among the Safwa by Alan Harwood 9781138594142
£98.60Originally published in 1970, this book explores the role of concepts of disease in the social life of the Safwa of Tanzania, particularly through beliefs concerning witchcraft and sorcery. Examining Safwa ideas about the cuasation of disease and death... -
The Pastoral Fulbe Family in Gwandu by C. Edward Hopen 9781138594333
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1958, this book discusses how marriage and Fulbe family life, the economy and the whole organization of society is centred on cattle; how the welfare of the herd and its increase, the balance betweent he size of the herd and the... -
The Changing Economy of the Lower Volta 1954-67: A Study in the Dynanics of Rural Economic Growth by Rowena M. Lawson 9781138591172
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1972 this study analyses the process of economic growth and social change in the riparian communities of the Lower Volta River in Ghana, which came about in large part due to the construction of the Volta dam in 1963. With its... -
The New Elites of Tropical Africa by P. C. Lloyd 9781138590731
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1966, this book brings together papers dealing with the emergence and development of elites in sub-Saharan Africa among social categories ranging from farmers and women market traders through foremen and merchants to... -
The Ovimbundu Under Two Sovereignties: A Study of Social Control and Social Change Among a People of Angola by Adrian C. Edwards 9781138589971
£98.60Originally published in 1962, this study discusses the changes in the life of the Ovimbundu from the time of their caravan trade in slaves, rubber, and ivory down to the more recent period when the organization of their chiefdoms was influenced by the... -
The Sonjo of Tanganyika: An Anthropological Study of an Irrigation-based Society by Robert F. Gray 9781138589650
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1963, this was the first monograph concerning an African people in which an irrigation-based society was studied in detail and its implications explored. The Sonjo, a Bantu-speaking people isolated among cattle pastoralists of... -
Changing Social Structure in Ghana: Essays in the Comparative Sociology of a new State and an old Tradition by Jack Goody 9781138593220
£112.01Originally published in 1975, this book presents the results of research into social change in Ghana. The book looks in detail at the problems of particular sub-groups and sectors in one single nation and they show that the field-worker with a wide... -
The Dynamics of Clanship Among the Tallensi: Being the First Part of an Analysis of the Social Structure of a Trans-Volta Tribe by Meyer Fortes 9781138591950
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1945, this book analyses Tale social structure at the level of corporate group organization. Tale culture is discussed primarily as the content of social relations and not in its own right. Customs, beliefs, conventional usages,... -
The Horse in West African History: The Role of the Horse in the Societies of Pre-Colonial West Africa by Robin Law 9781138591851
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1980 and here re-issued with an updated preface, this book deals with the role of the horse in the societies of West Africa during the pre-colonial period. It traces the history of its introduction and its diffusion within West... -
Technology, Tradition and the State in Africa by Jack Goody 9781138585126
£88.60Originally published in 1971 this book argues that certain aspects of traditional African social systems have been misunderstood because of a failure to appreciate what is implied by important differences between the technologies of the major traditional... -
Nupe Religion by S. F. Nadel 9781138596801
RRP: £32.99£29.16Originally published in 1954, this book is a pentrating study of Nupe religion and the increasing influence that Islam has had on indigenous forms of worship. The practise of witchcraft, forms of ritual, Gods and faith in medicine are all examined as an... -
The Social Organisation of the Lo Wiili by Jack Goody 9781138584808
£86.60Originally published in 1967 (second edition) presents an account of the life and social organisation of the Lo Wiili of the Haute Volta and Ghana. Chapters on the geographic and ethnographic background and economic system are followed by a detailed... -
For Men and Elders by Monica Wilson 9781138600379
£111.61Originally published in 1977, this volume completes with a wealth of case material and against the background of a whole century, Monica Wilson's detailed study of the Nyakyusa-Ngonde people of Tanzania and Malawi. The unusual age-village system for... -
Festival Stories of Child Life in a Jewish Colony in Palestine. by Hannah Trager 9781138604292
RRP: £96.99£84.05Published in 1920, this anthology of children's stories reflect the lives and festivals celebrated by children in the Jewish colonies in early 20th century Palestine.Book InformationISBN 9781138604292Author Hannah TragerFormat HardbackPage Count...