The Ethnic Composition of Tswana Tribes

by Schapera, Isaac

• ISBN13: 9781845200121
• ISBN10: 1845200128
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1952-02-01
• Publisher: Berg Pub Ltd

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Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Methodological perspectives	p. 1
Research procedures	p. 5
Historical Perspectives	p. 11
The caste system	p. 11
The forest tribes	p. 14
Historical sketch of the Hill Pandaram	p. 21
The Setting	p. 25
i	p. 25
ii	p. 29
iii	p. 31
iv	p. 33
v	p. 38
vi	p. 40
vii	p. 41
viii	p. 54
Economic Life	p. 56
The forest settlements	p. 56
Forest camps and material culture	p. 64
Hunting activities	p. 69
The nature and scope of the contractual system	p. 80
Subsistence food-gathering and the continuityof change	p. 96
The forest economy -some general notes	p. 102
Patterns Of Social Interaction	p. 109
The conjugal bond - some preliminary remarks	p. 111
The system of kinship categories	p. 115
Patterns of marriage	p. 123
Social structure	p. 135
Socialization patterns and the life-cycle	p. 143
Authority structures	p. 158
Group Structure And Settlement	p. 162
Social organization	p. 162
Camp aggregates and nomadic movements	p. 167
Analysis of group structure	p. 178
Territory	p. 184
Settlement and the changing pattern of adaptation	p. 187
Notes	p. 204
List Of Works Cited	p. 211
Index	p. 218
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