A Black Byzantium

The Kingdom of Nupe in Nigeria

S. F. Nadel (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

484 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-59669-6 (ISBN)

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Originally published in 1942 this now classic book is a study of the Nupe of Northern Nigeria. The detailed description and analysis of their social life and political institutions was the first study of a Muslim Emirate in Nigeria and as such is still an indispensable work.

Originally published in 1942 this now classic book is a study of the Nupe of Northern Nigeria. The economic and political complexity of their kingdom evoked comparisons with the civilization of Byzantium. The detailed description and analysis of their social life and political institutions was the first study of a Muslim Emirate in Nigeria and as such is still an indispensable work.

S. F. Nadel

1. Environment 2. Culture, Tribe, Society 3. Introduction to Nupe Kinship 4. The Community: Village and Town 5. Political Organization of the Village 6, 7 & 8. Political History of Nupe Kingdom 9. The Position of the Women 10. Government in Modern Nupe 11. Economics: Resources 12. Agriculture: Production 13. Agriculture: Organization of Labour 14 & 15 Industries 16. Free Professions 17. Industrial Labour 18. Wealth 19. Economic Balance: Exchange 20. Economic Balance: Means and Wants 21. Economics and Social Structure 22. Education for Citizenship

Erscheinungsdatum	04.05.2020
Reihe/Serie	African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
Zusatzinfo	32 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	890 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-59669-8 / 1138596698
ISBN-13	978-1-138-59669-6 / 9781138596696
Zustand	Neuware