Social Facts and Fabrications : "Customary" Law on Kilimanjaro, 1880–1980 (Paperback)

List of tables; List of illustrations; Foreword by Alfred Harris; Preface; Introduction: A time-orientated anthropology: events, processes and history; Part I. Precolonial Economy, Politics and Law: 1. the nineteenth century on Kilimanjaro: ivory, slaves, cattle and warfare; 2. Practical norms and mystical ideas in Chagga law; 3. The powers and obligations of chiefs and commoners; Part II. Twentieth-century Transformations: Economy, Government, Courts and Cases: 4. The German period: chiefs, cattle, cash and courts; 5. The British colonial period and beyond: an economic overview; 6. The formal structure of local government and local courts; 7. The case reports; Part III. The modern uses of 'customary law': lineage, land and organisational control: 8. The localised patriline in the 1960s and 1970s; 9. The chronicle of the M - lineage; 10. The local lineage and the larger setting; Epilogue: From types to sequences: social change in anthropology; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.