TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vansina,Jan
TI  - How Societies Are Born: Governance in West Central Africa Before 1600
SN  - 9780813934181
AV  - DT352.65 -- .V355 2004eb 
U1  - 967.01 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Charlottesville
PB  - University of Virginia Press
KW  - Tribal government -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
KW  - Tribal government -- Africa, Central
KW  - Political anthropology -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
KW  - Political anthropology -- Africa, Central
KW  - Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government
KW  - Africa, Central -- Politics and government
KW  - Electronic books
N2  - Interestingly, these proceeded well beyond environmental constraints and were characterized by "major differences in the subjects which enthralled people," whether these were cattle, initiations and social position, or "the splendors of sacralized leaders and the possibilities of participating in them."
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ER  -