Faction and Conversion in a Plural Society: Religious Alignments in the Hindu Kush 9780932206480, 9781951519209

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Faction and Conversion in a Plural Society: Religious Alignments in the Hindu Kush
9780932206480, 9781951519209

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by Robert Leroy Canfield

Table of contents :
Preface
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Illustrations
I. The Problem and the Issues
II. Cultural Ecology
III. Social System I: Territorial Groups
IV. Social System II: The Kinship Network
V. Social System III: Community Fission
VI. History and Political Processes
VII. Conclusion
Appendix I: Public Ceremonies
Bibliography

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