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- catalog abstract "The spread of modernity throughout the non-Western world has had transformative effects not only on governments and economies but on the lives of individuals as well. The constraints and opportunities of modernization inevitably lead to the breakdown and supplanting of older social relations and livelihoods. In this volume Andrew P. Davidson examines the Nuba Mountain region of western Sudan to show how individuals and families struggle to maintain or expand their well-being in the face of continuous uncertainty, when control of their destinies is increasingly slipping out of the comforting confines of the village. Davidson offers a comparative and historical examination of economic life in three villages in order to better understand the capacities and limitations that ultimately condition what people can and cannot do. He shows how the older lineage system based on communalism, kinship, and age-based hierarchy is being displaced by new forces of social organization and individual orientation which have eroded village cohesion and left the Nuba vulnerable to the Islamic-dominated government in Khartoum and the ravages of the continuing Sudanese civil war. In its combination of empirical analysis, ethnographic fieldwork, and theoretical inquiry In the Shadow of History reconceptualizes development in such a way that the dynamics of historical transformation are made clear. This study in the classic anthropological tradition will be a valuable resource for anthropologists, economists, historians, and Africa area specialists.".
- catalog contributor b8617264.
- catalog coverage "Nuba Mountains (Sudan) Economic conditions Case studies.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The spread of modernity throughout the non-Western world has had transformative effects not only on governments and economies but on the lives of individuals as well. The constraints and opportunities of modernization inevitably lead to the breakdown and supplanting of older social relations and livelihoods. In this volume Andrew P. Davidson examines the Nuba Mountain region of western Sudan to show how individuals and families struggle to maintain or expand their well-being in the face of continuous uncertainty, when control of their destinies is increasingly slipping out of the comforting confines of the village. Davidson offers a comparative and historical examination of economic life in three villages in order to better understand the capacities and limitations that ultimately condition what people can and cannot do. He shows how the older lineage system based on communalism, kinship, and age-based hierarchy is being displaced by new forces of social organization and individual orientation which have eroded village cohesion and left the Nuba vulnerable to the Islamic-dominated government in Khartoum and the ravages of the continuing Sudanese civil war. In its combination of empirical analysis, ethnographic fieldwork, and theoretical inquiry In the Shadow of History reconceptualizes development in such a way that the dynamics of historical transformation are made clear. This study in the classic anthropological tradition will be a valuable resource for anthropologists, economists, historians, and Africa area specialists.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 328 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1560002301 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Brunswick, NJ. : Transaction Publishers,".
- catalog spatial "Nuba Mountains (Sudan) Economic conditions Case studies.".
- catalog spatial "Sudan Nuba Mountains".
- catalog subject "306/.09628 20".
- catalog subject "Economic anthropology Sudan Nuba Mountains Case studies.".
- catalog subject "HC835 .D38 1995".
- catalog subject "Households Sudan Nuba Mountains Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Households Sudan Nuba Mountains Cases studies.".
- catalog subject "Kinship Sudan Nuba Mountains Case studies.".
- catalog title "In the shadow of history : the passing of lineage society / Andrew P. Davidson.".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".