Author: Mohamed, Abbas Ahmed
Title: White Nile Arabs : Political Leadership and Economic Change
Description: London, Athlone Press, 1980. orig.cloth, dustwrapper. xi, 193 pp,, 22x14cm, Series: London School of Economics, Monographs on Social Anthropology, 53.. Textual maps,charts & tables. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contents: The Territorial & Tribal Setting: The Pre-Dam Ecological Framework & Traditional Economic Organization; The Genealogical & Ideological Framework: Some Aspects of Lineage, Corporateness & Solidarity in the Pre-Dam Period; The Traditional Sources of Social Stratification & Power: The Ummar Leadership; Tribal History & Politics in the Pre-Dam Period; The Dam: The Changing Ecology, Technology & Economy; Agricultural Production & Economic Organization under Agrarian Development; The Structure of the Lineage in the Post-Dam Period; Administration & Tribal Politics in the Post-Dam Period (1937-69); Conclusion; Appendices: The Genealogies of the Gushgushab & other Hassaniya Lineages; A List of Important Historical Events & Dates Among the White Nile Arabs; The Kawahla Pedigree.

Keywords: Sudan, Anthropology, White Nile Arabs, Ethnography, Sociology, Hassaniya, Hissinat, Elites, Social Development