Kinship and Marriage among the Nuer locating Machiavelli—on the preservation of power

Machiavelli—on the preservation of power

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Kinship and Marriage among the Nuer locating Machiavelli—on the preservation of powerSir Edward Evans Pritchard's writings on the Nuer of southern Sudan have made them one of the most famous peoples in ethnographic literature. When his writings were first published a half a century ago, they created a new agenda for social anthropology. Kinship and Marriage Among the Nuer is the second of his trilogy on the society and culture of this pastoral people. In it, the author vividly portrays the experience of growing up in a Nuer community,