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"...Tapper's Frontier Nomads of Iran is the most significant ethnological study of tribes in Persia to have been published during the past decade." Pierre Oberling, Journal of Anthropological Research
"...the rigor with which he examines and uses his sources in the deconstruction and reconstruction of Shahsevan origins and identity is commendable." Philip S. Khoury, American Historical Review
"...a rich, ambitious and complicated book....Clearly, this book is a must for those who want to discuss tribalism in the Middle East in general and of its role in Iran's history in particular." Willem Floor, Journal of the American Oriental Society
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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.
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"...Tapper's Frontier Nomads of Iran is the most significant ethnological study of tribes in Persia to have been published during the past decade." Pierre Oberling, Journal of Anthropological Research
"...the rigor with which he examines and uses his sources in the deconstruction and reconstruction of Shahsevan origins and identity is commendable." Philip S. Khoury, American Historical Review
"...a rich, ambitious and complicated book....Clearly, this book is a must for those who want to discuss tribalism in the Middle East in general and of its role in Iran's history in particular." Willem Floor, Journal of the American Oriental Society
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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.
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In the mid-twentieth century, social scientists of all persuasions expected tribal and ethnic minorities within contemporary nation-states to succumb sooner or later to policies of modernization and national integration , and many were confident that class would replace ethnicity as the major dimension of social identity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
commoner tribes, ordinary nomads, chiefly dynasty, chiefly dynasties, tribal cluster, pastoral produce, cluster chief, frontier closure, armed henchmen, nomad families, enforced settlement, tribal followers, pasture dues, nomad chiefs, other tribal groups, tribal section, chiefly lineage, noble tribes, tribal confederacy, tribal policy, pastoral nomads, many nomads, nomad population, chiefly families, winter pastures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Karim Khan, Badr Khan, Rahim Khan, Khan Shahsevan, Yunsur Pasha, Nader Shah, Mostafa Khan, Russian Moghan, Reza Shah, Sadeq Khan, Ebrahim Khalil Khan, Iranian Moghan, Mohammad Kazem, Farajollah Khan, Kuchek Khan, Amir Nezam, Farzi Khan, Samad Khan, Amir Aslan, Jahangir Mirza, Panah Khan, Sardar Bey, Bahram Khan, Hedayat Khan, Javat Khan New!
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In the mid-twentieth century, social scientists of all persuasions expected tribal and ethnic minorities within contemporary nation-states to succumb sooner or later to policies of modernization and national integration , and many were confident that class would replace ethnicity as the major dimension of social identity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
commoner tribes, ordinary nomads, chiefly dynasty, chiefly dynasties, tribal cluster, pastoral produce, cluster chief, frontier closure, armed henchmen, nomad families, enforced settlement, tribal followers, pasture dues, nomad chiefs, other tribal groups, tribal section, chiefly lineage, noble tribes, tribal confederacy, tribal policy, pastoral nomads, many nomads, nomad population, chiefly families, winter pastures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Karim Khan, Badr Khan, Rahim Khan, Khan Shahsevan, Yunsur Pasha, Nader Shah, Mostafa Khan, Russian Moghan, Reza Shah, Sadeq Khan, Ebrahim Khalil Khan, Iranian Moghan, Mohammad Kazem, Farajollah Khan, Kuchek Khan, Amir Nezam, Farzi Khan, Samad Khan, Amir Aslan, Jahangir Mirza, Panah Khan, Sardar Bey, Bahram Khan, Hedayat Khan, Javat Khan New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Karim Khan Zand (Makers of the Muslim World) by John R. Perry on page 104, page 109, and Back Matter
- Nomads and Ottomans in Medieval Anatolia (Uralic and Altaic) by Rudi Pa Lindner on page 11, and Back Matter
- Social Organization (History of Civilization) by W.J. Perry in Back Matter
- The Russian Conquest of the Caucasus by John Frederick Baddeley in Back Matter
- When History Accelerates: Essays on Rapid Social Change, Complexity and Creativity by C. M. Hann in Back Matter
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- Religious Minorities in Iran (Cambridge Middle East Studies) by Eliz Sanasarian in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Persians (Peoples of Asia) by Gene R. Garthwaite in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Technology, Tradition and Survival: Aspects of Material Culture in the Middle East and Central Asia (History and Society in the Islamic World) by Richard Tapper in Front Matter
- Moab in the Iron Age: Hegemony, Polity, Archaeology (Archaeology, Culture, and Society) by Bruce Routledge in Back Matter
- Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East: Second Edition by Donna Lee Bowen in Back Matter
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