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The book is based on Weir's extended anthropological fieldwork on Jabal Razih, and on her detailed study of hundreds of handwritten contracts and treaties among and between the tribes and rulers of Razih. These documents provide a fascinating insight into tribal politics and law, as well as state-tribe relations, from the early seventeenth to the late twentieth century. A Tribal Order is also enriched by case histories that vividly illuminate tribal practices. Overall, this unusually wide-ranging work provides an accessible account of a remarkable Arabian society through time.

Book details

• Full title: A Tribal Order: Politics and Law in the Mountains of Yemen
• Author: Shelagh Weir
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 390
• EAN: 9780292714236
• ISBN: 0292714238
• ID: 11362345
• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr
• Weight: 826 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 163 × 32 mm
• Date of publishing: February 2007

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