In the Shadow of History The Passing of Lineage Society

The spread of modernity throughout the non-Western world has had transformative effect not only on governments and economies but on the lives of individuals as well. The constraints and opportunities of modernization inevitably lead to the breakdown and supplanting of older social relations and livelihoods. In this volume Andrew P. Davidson examines the Nuba Mountain region of western Sudan to show how individuals and families struggle to maintain or expand their well-being in the face of continuous uncertainty, when control of their destinies is increasingly slipping out of the comforting confines of the village. In its combination of empirical analysis, ethnographic fieldwork, and theoretical inquiry, In the Shadow of History reconceptualizes development in such a way that the dynamics of historical transformation are made clear.Davidson, Andrew P. is the author of 'In the Shadow of History The Passing of Lineage Society' with ISBN 9781560002307 and ISBN 1560002301.