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traditional societies  

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  • The study of leadership in what have been variously labeled traditional, indigenous, nonliterate, preliterate, simple, kin-based, or primitive societies has been the intellectual responsibility of cultural anthropology. The ethnographic literature is rich with descriptions, discussions, and occasionally comparisons of leadership in indigenous societies around the world. [Source: Encyclopedia of Leadership; Traditional Societies]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-BRK0BJSM-3

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