Ioan Lewis

Gebundenes Buch

Understanding Somalia and Somaliland

Culture, History and Society

Beschreibung

Details the history and culture of the Somali people. This book offers insight into the complex social, historical, and cultural hinterland that is the Somali heritage and pays attention to the pervasive influence of traditional nomadism, especially its extremely decentralized nature.

Autor

Ioan Lewis is professor emeritus of anthropology at the London School of Economics and author of Arguments with Ethnography: Comparative Approaches to History, Politics, and Religion. He is recognised internationally as the leading academic authority on the history and cultures of the Somali people, on which he has written dozens of books and articles over the last fifty years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 145mm x 218mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780199326808
• ISBN-10: 0199326800
• Artikelnr.: 37744250