Pastoralists : equality, hierarchy, and the state / Philip Carl Salzman.

Author/creator Salzman, Philip Carl
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c2004.
Description1 online resource (x, 193 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.)
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?ANTH;1671730
Subjects

Contents Introduction : pastoralism and pastoral societies -- Agency and adaptation : pastoralists of Iran -- Equality and anarchy : segmentary tribes -- Hierarchical image and reality : tribal chiefdoms -- Accommodation and resistance to the state : peasant pastoralists -- What can we learn from pastoral peoples about equality, freedom and democracy? -- The dynamics of pastoral worlds.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-190) and index.

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