TY - BOOK AU - Steen,E.J.van der ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Near Eastern tribal societies during the nineteenth century: economy, society and politics between tent and town AV - GN492.5 .S74 2013 U1 - 305.800956 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Sheffield, Bristol, Conn. PB - Equinox KW - Tribes KW - Middle East KW - Social conditions KW - Electronic books 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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1815538 ER -