| Frontier Nomads of Iran Contributor(s): Tapper, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521583365 ISBN-13: 9780521583367 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $159.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - History | Middle East - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 955.04 |
| LCCN: 96047890 |
| Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.79 lbs) 456 pages |
| 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. |