Item #424027 The Bedouin of Cyrenaica : studies in personal and corporate power / Emrys L. Peters ; edited by Jack Goody and Emanuel Marx. Emrys L. Peters.

The Bedouin of Cyrenaica : studies in personal and corporate power / Emrys L. Peters ; edited by Jack Goody and Emanuel Marx

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1990. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #424027
ISBN: 052138561X

Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Contents; Partial contents Introduction / Emanuel Marx -- 1. The Sanusi order and the Bedouin -- 2. The Bedouin way of life -- 3. The tied and the free -- 4. Aspects of the feud -- 5. Proliferation of segments -- 6. The power of Shaikhs -- 7. Debt relationships -- 8. Family and marriage -- 9. Bridewealth -- 10. The status of women. Subjects; Bedouins Libya Cyrenaica. Bedouins Libya Barqah. Be?douins Libye Cyre?nai?que. Bedouins. Manners and customs. Beduine. Libya Social life and customs. Cyrenaika. Libyen. Libya Cyrenaica. Libya Cyrenaica Bedouin Cultural processes. Tribes Social life. Libya. Bedouins Social life.

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