The Shaping of Somali Society: Reconstructing the History of a Pastoral People, 16-19

Lee V. Cassanelli

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1982

The Shaping of Somali Society

Reconstructing the History of a Pastoral People, 16-19

Lee V. Cassanelli

In the series Anniversary Collection

In the series The Ethnohistory Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512806663

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About this book

By combining oral tradition with traditional historiography, Cassanelli reveals the interplay of the precolonial environmental, social, economic, and religious forces.

Author / Editor information

Lee V. Cassanelli is Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.

Reviews

"An innovative historical study of a pastoral people that extends our understanding of processes of change among nomadic peoples."--Ivan Karp, Indiana University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Note on Transcription Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
Note on the Use of Geographical and Clan Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
1. The Societal and Historiographical Background Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. Toward a Regional Approach to Somali Pastoral History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
3. Pastoral Power: The Ajuraan in History and Tradition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
4. Saints, Sultans, and Sectarians: Islamic Themes in Southern Somali History, ca. 1600-1850 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
5. Southern Somali Commerce and Economy in the Nineteenth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
6. Local History and Regional Resistance: The Somali Response to Colonial Occupation in the Benaadir Region, 1870-1910 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Afterword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
Appendix A: Comments on the Collection and Use of Somali Oral Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Appendix B: Glossary of Somali and Arabic Words Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	312

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 328
Keywords: Anthropology; History; Folklore; Linguistics; Middle Eastern Studies; African Studies; Asian Studies

eBook

Published: November 11, 2016
ISBN: 9781512806663