TY  - BOOK
AU  - Steen,E.J.van der
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Near Eastern tribal societies during the nineteenth century: economy, society and politics between tent and town 
AV  - GN492.5 .S74 2013eb
U1  - 305.800956 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Sheffield, Bristol, Conn.
PB  - Equinox
KW  - Tribes
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; What is a tribe -- Travellers in the Levant in the nineteenth century -- The dynamics of territorial and power structures -- Oral traditions -- Tribal society and its relation to the landscape -- Tribal institutions -- Relations between the tribes and the state -- From tribe to tribal state: three case studies -- Economy of tribal societies -- Ethnicity and the sense of belonging -- Women in tribal societies -- Religion and folklore -- Back in time: historical parallels; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10733479
ER  -