000			02062cam a22004098a 4500
001			ocn795174990
003			OCoLC
005			20251028093245.0
008			120620s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2012023468
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780374252816
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dBTCTA _dOCLCO _dIEB _dYDXCP _dVP@ _dRCJ _dBWX _dB@L _dVF$
020			_a9780374252816 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a0374252815 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)795174990
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aGN 487.7.C55 _bW45 2012
049			_aVF$A
100	1		_aWeiner, Mark Stuart.
245	1	4	_aThe rule of the clan : _bwhat an ancient form of social organization reveals about the future of individual freedom / _cMark S. Weiner.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bFarrar, Straus and Giroux, _c2013.
263			_a1303
300			_a258 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_tIndividualism's paradox -- _tFrom clan to club -- _tNational security and clan honor -- _tLaw without a state : the Nuer of Southern Sudan -- _tA state without a king : medieval Iceland -- _tClannism and democratic reform : the Palestinian authority -- _tSolidarity, group honor, and shame : modern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan -- _tFeud as an instrument of harmony : the Philippines -- _tThe king to king : state development in Anglo-Saxon England -- _t"We have made you into nations and tribes" : the vision of early Islam -- _tThe romance of the clan -- _tThe clan's return.
520			_aA revealing look at the role kin-based societies have played throughout history and around the world. It examines the constitutional principles and cultural institutions from medieval Iceland to modern Pakistan.
650		0	_aClans _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aClans _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aKinship _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aKinship _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aCustomary law.
650		0	_aLaw, Primitive.
650		0	_aDemocracy.
994			_aC0 _bVF$
999			_c132291 _d132291