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Author Weir, Shelagh.

Title A tribal order : politics and law in the mountains of Yemen / by Shelagh Weir
Edition 1st ed
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps
Series Modern Middle East series ; no. 23
Modern Middle East series (Austin, Tex.) ; no. 23.
Contents Environment and economy -- Social and political inequality -- The tribes of Raz̄iḥ -- Tribal leadership -- Wider structures and relations -- Principles, rules, and sanctions -- Enforcing the law -- Conflict and violence -- The Qāsimī period -- The Ḥamīd al-Dīn period -- The Republican period
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-374) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Tribes -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Yemen (Republic)
Peaceful societies -- Yemen (Republic)
Tribal government -- Yemen (Republic)
HISTORY -- General.
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
Peaceful societies
Tribal government
Stammesgesellschaft
Bergbewohner
Yemen (Republic)
Jemen
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780292795556
0292795556