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History and social anthropology /
Examining the ways in which social anthropologists might gain from and contribute to, historical studies this volume contains papers on historical studies by anthropologists on 19th century Nupe, Yoruba and Benin and 17th century Cameroons in West Africa; on the succession in kingship in Buganda; an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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| Colección: | Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Orginal Title Page; Orginal Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; History and social anthropology; History in social anthropology; The relevance of past events; Past, present, and future: conservatism and conflict in social structures; Notes; References; The Fulani Penetration into Nupe and Yoruba in the Nineteenth Century; Introduction: history and structural change; The Fulani; Yoruba; Nupe; Fulani rule; Acknowledgements; References; Conflict Theory and Yoruba Kingdoms; Equilibrium models; Conflict theory; Conflict in Yoruba kingdoms.
- The Yoruba townThe structure of the descent groups; Conflict between descent groups; Interests in land; Political power; Individual rights; The resolution of conflict; The conflict between the oba and the chiefs; Conflict and social change; The conflict between descent groups; The conflict between oba and chiefs; Conclusions; Notes; References; Structural Differentiation in Rome (200-31 B.C.): The Genesis of an Historical Bureaucratic Society; Social change and specialization; Structural differentiation; Changes in Roman society, 200-31 B.C.; Consensus and dissensus; References.
- Documentary and Linguistic Evidence for the Rise of the Trading Polities between Rio del Rey and Cameroons, 1500-1650Literary sources of the onomastic problems; Ambos; Elements in the Dutch tradition; Bota and the Cameroon Mountain; Calbongos; The weakness of the onomastic evidence; Early evidence for the Duala and Efik polities; Samson and Moneba; The nature of the European contact; Historical conclusions; Final remarks; Notes; Appendix; Linguistic Notes; References; The History of a History: Royal Succession in Buganda; History in Buganda; Sources for a study of Buganda succession.
- Regularities and irregularities in fraternal successionFraternal succession and military leadership; Succession and the power of the king; King-list; Note; References; The Changing Role of the House of Argyll in the Scottish Highlands; Argyll and the Highlands; The house of Argyll as agents of the crown in subjugating the West Highlands; The house of Argyll as leaders of the Reformed Church; 'Disaffection to the Family'; General historical trends in the Highlands in the eighteenth century; The house of Argyll and its new entrepreneurial role; Introduction of a new tenurial System.
- Conflict and compromise in the ducal roleTiree: a case-study in resistance to the improving movement; The house of Argyil develops an independent role; Notes; References; Acknowledgements; Continuities and Discontinuities in Pre-colonial and Colonial Benin Politics (1897-1951); Government and politics in nineteenth-century Benin; Benin political history, 1897-1951; The interregnum, 1897-1914; The restoration and the reign of Eweka II, 1914-1933; Akenzua II (1933- ) and the Benin road to party politics; Conclusions; Notes; References; Tribal Structure and National Politics In Albania, 1910-1950.