Clan Leaders and Colonial Chiefs in Lango: The Political History of an East African Stateless Society c. 1800-1939

Tosh, John

Verlag: Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1978

Beschreibung

22x14cm, xvi,293 pp, Series: Oxford Studies in African Affairs. Contents: Introduction: Stateless Societies & the Historian in Africa; Environment, Economy & Settlement: The Formation of a Lango Identity; Social Groups in 19th-Century Lango; Pre-Colonial Clan Leadership; The Zenith & Collapse of Regional Leadership; The Politics of Pacification; The Formation of a Chiefly Hierarchy; Power & Patronage in the Colonial Bureaucracy; The System Scrutinized; Conclusion; Appendices: The Origin of the Langi; The Organization & Conduct of Fieldwork in Lango District; Two Oral Testimonies; Oral Sources. Minor rubbing.Some light binding stains. VG., dustwrapper. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 011501

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Titel: Clan Leaders and Colonial Chiefs in Lango: ...

Verlag: Clarendon Press, Oxford

Erscheinungsdatum: 1978

Einband: orig. cloth

Illustrator: Textual maps.