| Frontier Nomads of Iran: A Political and Social History of the Shahsevan Contributor(s): Tapper, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0511582250 ISBN-13: 9780511582257 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $140.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.8 |
| Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on three decades of ethnographic fieldwork and documentary research, this book traces the political and social history of the Shahsevan, one of the major nomadic peoples of Iran. It is a dramatic story, recounting the mythical origins of the tribes, their unification as a confederacy and their eventual decline. In its synthesis of anthropology and history, the book will make a major contribution to the study of the Middle East and Central Asia, and also to current debates on tribe-state relations and the relationship between identity and history. |