Tribes without rulers : studies in African segmentary systems / edited by John Middleton and David Tait.

Recent research in Africa has shown a wide range of political systems, from small societies of wandering hunters to large states of several million people comparable with mediaeval European feudal kingdoms. In between are many societies in which a central government is lacking; the political system...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors:	Middleton, John, Tait, David
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Routledge, [2004]
Series:	Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Africa ; XVIII.
Subjects:	Political anthropology.