Dadda 'Atta and his forty grandsons : the socio-political organisation of the Ait 'Atta of Southern Morocco /
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| Author / Creator: | Hart, David M. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, England : Middle East & North African Studies Press ; Boulder, Colo., U.S.A. : Distributed by Westview Press, 1981. |
| Description: | xx, 260 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/598121 |
Table of Contents:
- Glossary
- 1. Ait 'Atta Origins and Location
- 2. The Segmentary System: The Political Capital, and the Five Fifths"""" of the Ait 'Atta""""
- Chapter Notes
- 3. The Segmentary System in the Context of Politics Lineage, Local Community Organization and Rotating Chieftainship
- Chapter Notes
- 4. The Territorial System: 'Attaland on the Ground -- Land Tenure, Property and Inheritance
- Chapter Notes
- 5. Lineage, Kinship and Marriage at Usikis
- Chapter Notes
- 6. Customary Law, Courts of Appeal and the Role of Igharm Amazdar
- Chapter Notes
- 7. Pacts, Feuding and Warfare
- Chapter Notes
- 8. The Ait 'Atta and Their Socio-Economic Environment -- a Postscript
- Chapter Notes
- Appendix 1. an Ait 'Atta Customary Law Document
- Notes to Appendix 1
- Appendix 2. Top Chiefs of the Ait 'Atta (as Remembered by Ait Wahlim Informants in the Jabal Saghru)
- Appendix 4. Ait 'Atta Kinship Terminology
- Appendix 5. Aint Y'Azza N-Usikis Marriage Forms
- Index