Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION, 1. THE TERRITORIAL AND TRIBAL SETTING: THE PRE-DAM ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK AND TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION, 2. THE GENEALOGICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK: SOME ASPECTS OF LINEAGE, CORPORATENESS AND SOLIDARITY IN THE PRE-DAM PERIOD, 3. THE TRADITIONAL SOURCES OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND POWER: THE UMMAR LEADERSHIP, 4. TRIBAL HISTORY AND POLITICS IN THE PRE-DAM PERIOD, 5. THE DAM: THE CHANGING ECOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMY, 6. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION UNDER AGRARIAN DEVELOPMENT, 7. THE STRUCTURE OF THE LINEAGE IN THE POST-DAM PERIOD, 8. ADMINISTRATION AND TRIBAL POLITICS IN THE POST-DAM PERIOD (1937-69), 9. CONCLUSION, APPENDICES, LIST OF WORKS CITED, GLOSSARY, INDEX

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