| Description |
xvi, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The Lewis Henry Morgan lectures ; 1981 |
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Lewis Henry Morgan lectures ; 1981
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: List of tables; List of illustrations; Foreword by Alfred Harris; Preface; Introduction: A time-orientated anthropology: events, processes and history; Part I. Precolonial Economy, Politics and Law: 1. the nineteenth century on Kilimanjaro: ivory, slaves, cattle and warfare; 2. Practical norms and mystical ideas in Chagga law; 3. The powers and obligations of chiefs and commoners; Part II. Twentieth-century Transformations: Economy, Government, Courts and Cases: 4. The German period: chiefs, cattle, cash and courts; 5. The British colonial period and beyond: an economic overview; 6. The formal structure of local government and local courts; 7. The case reports; Part III. The modern uses of 'customary law': lineage, land and organisational control: 8. The localised patriline in the 1960s and 1970s; 9. The chronicle of the M - lineage; 10. The local lineage and the larger setting; Epilogue: From types to sequences: social change in anthropology; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index |
| Analysis |
Tanzania Kilimanjaro (Region). Chagga Customary law, 1880-1980 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 376-384 |
| Subject |
Chaga (African people) -- Social life and customs.
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Customary law -- Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro, Mount.
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Customary law -- Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro, Mount.
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Law, Chaga.
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| LC no. |
85007897 |
| ISBN |
0521309387 |
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0521312019 (paperback) |
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