Samburu society is a gerontocracy in which power rests with the older men; men under thirty may not marry or otherwise assert their personal independence. The author spent more than two years during the 1960s among the Samburu, and as an adopted member of one of their clans, he perceived how their values and attitudes are closely interwoven with a social system that resists change.
Samburu society is a gerontocracy in which power rests with the older men; men under thirty may not marry or otherwise assert their personal independence. The author spent more than two years during the 1960s among the Samburu, and as an adopted member of one of their clans, he perceived how their values and attitudes are closely interwoven with a social system that resists change.
PREFACE TO NEW EDITION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION 1. THE PASTORAL ECONOMY 2. CLANSHIP AND EXOGAMY 3. THE FAMILY AND THE HERD 4. THE STRUCTURE OF SAMBURU SOCIETY 5. THE MORAN 6. THE MORAN AND THE TOTAL SOCIETY 7. ELDERHOOD AND THE CURSE 8. THE STATUS OF WOMEN 9. SOCIAL ATTITUDES AND CEREMONY 10. THE SAMBURU AND SOME NEIGHBOURING TRIBES: A COMPARISON 11. CONCLUSION: THE GERONTOCRATIC SOCIETY APPENDIX: Census Techniques and Data BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
PREFACE TO NEW EDITION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION 1. THE PASTORAL ECONOMY 2. CLANSHIP AND EXOGAMY 3. THE FAMILY AND THE HERD 4. THE STRUCTURE OF SAMBURU SOCIETY 5. THE MORAN 6. THE MORAN AND THE TOTAL SOCIETY 7. ELDERHOOD AND THE CURSE 8. THE STATUS OF WOMEN 9. SOCIAL ATTITUDES AND CEREMONY 10. THE SAMBURU AND SOME NEIGHBOURING TRIBES: A COMPARISON 11. CONCLUSION: THE GERONTOCRATIC SOCIETY APPENDIX: Census Techniques and Data BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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