Near Eastern tribal societies during the nineteenth century [electronic resource] : economy, society and politics between tent and town / Eveline van der Steen.

What is a tribe
Travellers in the Levant in the nineteenth century
The dynamics of territorial and power structures
Oral traditions
Tribal society and its relation to the landscape
Tribal institutions
Relations between the tribes and the state
From tribe to tribal state: three case studies
Economy of tribal societies
Ethnicity and the sense of belonging
Women in tribal societies
Religion and folklore
Back in time: historical parallels.