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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
PT. I. INTRODUCTION
1. Somalia from the Margins: An Alternative Approach
2. Fieldwork, Surprises, and Historical Anthropology
PT. II. THE HISTORICAL CREATION OF THE GOSHA
3. Slavery and the Jubba Valley Frontier
4. The Settlement of the Upper Gosha, 1895-1988
PT. III. THE GOSHA SPACE IN SOMALI SOCIETY
5. Hard Hair: Somali Constructions of Gosha Inferiority
6. Between Domination and Collusion: The Ambiguity of Gosha Life
7. Negotiating Hegemony and Producing Culture
PT. IV. VIOLENCE AND THE STATE
8. The Political Economy of Subordination
9. Conclusion
Epilogue
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
