Lee V Cassanelli
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 248310 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Lee V Cassanelli |
| PRENOMES | Lee V |
| SOBRENOME | Cassanelli |
| ASSINATURA | CASSANELLI L V |
| AFILIAÇÕES | California University of Pennsylvania |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 61 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1980 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Fighting for Peace in Somalia
Some thoughts on Abdirachid M. Ismail’s Reconfiguring the Somali Nation
Special Issue
Dark Days in Somalia
The Opportunistic Economies of the Kenya-Somali Borderland in Historical Perspective
Introduction The history of the Somalia-Kenya borderland over the past century offers a classic example of the ways international boundaries can create opportunities as well as hardships for the peoples who live along and across them. This borderland has long been a site of contact among various ethnic/linguistic communities, among sedentary and mobile populations, and among competing political authorities with different concepts of sovereignty a…
Tradition to text
The essay offers some observations on the interplay of orality and literacy in Somali society, using the mid-nineteenth century travel narrative of Charles Guillain. Because Guillain was among the earliest Europeans to record local Somali traditions, the sources of his information and the circumstances in which he gathered it warrant scrutiny. A close reading of Guillain suggests that he relied heavily on Arabic-speaking informants; that these in…
The Struggle for Land in Southern Somalia
Explaining the Somali conflict, Lee Cassanelli local land-use strategies and outsider politics - title registration in the middle Juba Valley, Catherine Besteman the Hubeer in the land of plenty - land, labour and vulnerability in a southern Somali clan, Bernhard Helander the economy of Geedo region and the rise of smallholder agriculture, James Merryman conflictive trade - the effects of export markets on pastoral conflict in southern Somalia, P…
Qat
This essay examines the circulation and consumption of qat in the changing society and political economy of northeast Africa over the past half century. Qat ( gat or khat in Arabic, chat in Amharic) is a small tree or shrub, whose young leaves, stem tips, and tender bark are chewed for their stimulating effect. Qat ( Catha edulis ) was known and used for medicinal purposes in the medieval Islamic world and in traditional China. It has long been c…
The Shaping of Somali Society
The Shaping of Somali Society
The Shaping of Somali Society
The Shaping of Somali Society
Following in the scholarly tradition of E. Cerulli and I.M. Lewis, L.V. Cassanelli has written a noteworthy book on the historical development (1600-1910) of Somali society adapting to changing political, economic, and natural environments. As Cassanelli shows, most adaptive innovations were firmly rooted in traditional institutions enduring into the present. Thus Somali patterns of clan sociopolitical and pastoral economic organization are still…
The Shaping of Somali Society. Reconstructing the History of a Pastoral People, 1600-1900
The Shaping of Somali Society
The Horn of Africa in Continuing Crisis
Conversion to Islam
The Struggle for Land in Southern Somalia
Explaining the Somali conflict, Lee Cassanelli local land-use strategies and outsider politics - title registration in the middle Juba Valley, Catherine Besteman the Hubeer in the land of plenty - land, labour and vulnerability in a southern Somali clan, Bernhard Helander the economy of Geedo region and the rise of smallholder agriculture, James Merryman conflictive trade - the effects of export markets on pastoral conflict in southern Somalia, P…
The Shaping of Somali Society
Following in the scholarly tradition of E. Cerulli and I.M. Lewis, L.V. Cassanelli has written a noteworthy book on the historical development (1600-1910) of Somali society adapting to changing political, economic, and natural environments. As Cassanelli shows, most adaptive innovations were firmly rooted in traditional institutions enduring into the present. Thus Somali patterns of clan sociopolitical and pastoral economic organization are still…
The Shaping of Somali Society. Reconstructing the History of a Pastoral People, 1600-1900
Tradition to text
The essay offers some observations on the interplay of orality and literacy in Somali society, using the mid-nineteenth century travel narrative of Charles Guillain. Because Guillain was among the earliest Europeans to record local Somali traditions, the sources of his information and the circumstances in which he gathered it warrant scrutiny. A close reading of Guillain suggests that he relied heavily on Arabic-speaking informants; that these in…
Conversion to Islam
The Horn of Africa in Continuing Crisis
The Shaping of Somali Society
The Shaping of Somali Society
Following in the scholarly tradition of E. Cerulli and I.M. Lewis, L.V. Cassanelli has written a noteworthy book on the historical development (1600-1910) of Somali society adapting to changing political, economic, and natural environments. As Cassanelli shows, most adaptive innovations were firmly rooted in traditional institutions enduring into the present. Thus Somali patterns of clan sociopolitical and pastoral economic organization are still…
The Shaping of Somali Society. Reconstructing the History of a Pastoral People, 1600-1900
The Shaping of Somali Society
The Shaping of Somali Society
The Shaping of Somali Society
Qat
This essay examines the circulation and consumption of qat in the changing society and political economy of northeast Africa over the past half century. Qat ( gat or khat in Arabic, chat in Amharic) is a small tree or shrub, whose young leaves, stem tips, and tender bark are chewed for their stimulating effect. Qat ( Catha edulis ) was known and used for medicinal purposes in the medieval Islamic world and in traditional China. It has long been c…
The Struggle for Land in Southern Somalia
Explaining the Somali conflict, Lee Cassanelli local land-use strategies and outsider politics - title registration in the middle Juba Valley, Catherine Besteman the Hubeer in the land of plenty - land, labour and vulnerability in a southern Somali clan, Bernhard Helander the economy of Geedo region and the rise of smallholder agriculture, James Merryman conflictive trade - the effects of export markets on pastoral conflict in southern Somalia, P…
Tradition to text
The essay offers some observations on the interplay of orality and literacy in Somali society, using the mid-nineteenth century travel narrative of Charles Guillain. Because Guillain was among the earliest Europeans to record local Somali traditions, the sources of his information and the circumstances in which he gathered it warrant scrutiny. A close reading of Guillain suggests that he relied heavily on Arabic-speaking informants; that these in…
The Opportunistic Economies of the Kenya-Somali Borderland in Historical Perspective
Introduction The history of the Somalia-Kenya borderland over the past century offers a classic example of the ways international boundaries can create opportunities as well as hardships for the peoples who live along and across them. This borderland has long been a site of contact among various ethnic/linguistic communities, among sedentary and mobile populations, and among competing political authorities with different concepts of sovereignty a…
Dark Days in Somalia
Special Issue
Some thoughts on Abdirachid M. Ismail’s Reconfiguring the Somali Nation
Fighting for Peace in Somalia
Political science (12 obras) · African history and culture analysis (11 obras) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (10 obras) · History (10 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Somali (9 obras) · Philosophy (8 obras) · Geography (5 obras) · History (5 obras) · Linguistics (5 obras)