The Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People

320 Pages·1940·6.821 MB·English

by  E. E. Evans-Pritchard

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NUER
THE
A DESCRIPTION OF
THE MODES OF LIVELIHOOD AND
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF
A NILOTIC PEOPLE
BY
E. E. EVANS-PRITCHARD
1\1.A. (oxoN.), PH.D. (LONDON)
RESEARCH LECTURER IN AFRICAN SOCIOLOGY AT TI!E
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
SOMETIME PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT THE
EGYPTIAN UNIVERSITY, CAIRO
OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
r940
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TO
THE STAFF OF THE
AMERICAN MISSION
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