The volume explores the development of systems of social institutions in a variety of historical ...

This book presents a novel and innovative approach to the study of social evolution using case st...

At present there are many theories which interpret characteristic features of nomadic pastoralist...

The history of the former Kingdom of Benin is a fascinating subject which aroused the interest of...

The volume represents an attempt of a complex study of the politogenetic processes in their regio...

In America today, two communities with sub-Saharan African genetic origins exist side by side, th...

This book presents a novel and innovative approach to the study of social evolution using case st...

Using historical and anthropological analysis, this book examines the changing characteristics of...

This collection of papers explores the variegated ways that the continent's rich and complex hist...

This volume contains papers by Russian and American anthropologists and historians dealing with a...