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The Yao village : a study in the social structure of a Nyasaland tribe

Title
The Yao village : a study in the social structure of a Nyasaland tribe / by J. Clyde Mitchell.
Author
Mitchell, J. Clyde (James Clyde), 1918-
Publication
Manchester : Published on behalf of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute by Manchester University Press, [©1956], 1966.

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Additional Authors
Rhodes-Livingstone Institute.
Description
xviii, 235 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps, diagrams, tables; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Yao (African people)
  • Indigenous peoples > Malawi
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Tribale groepen
  • Dorpen
  • Ethnology > Malawi
  • Malawi
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 224-227.
Contents
The problem in its ecological setting -- The historical background to the modern situation -- The composition of modern chiefdoms -- Prestige and rank among the village headmen -- The village headmen -- The lineage framework of villages -- The patrilaterally-linked groups -- The village through time.
LCCN
  • 56004365
  • x302683533
OCLC
  • ocm01729006
  • 1729006
  • SCSB-327051
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library