Aidan Southall

2.3k total citations
57 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Aidan Southall is a scholar working on Anthropology, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Aidan Southall has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Anthropology, 9 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Aidan Southall's work include African history and culture analysis (5 papers), African history and culture studies (4 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 papers). Aidan Southall is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture analysis (5 papers), African history and culture studies (4 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 papers). Aidan Southall collaborates with scholars based in United States. Aidan Southall's co-authors include Crawford Young, Raymond Τ. Smith, Ralph Grillo, Michael Lipton, Gregory Eliyu Guldin, John Rex, G. V. Doxey, Elizabeth M. Eddy, Michael Watts and Ivan Karp and has published in prestigious journals such as Human Relations, British Journal of Sociology and Annual Review of Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Aidan Southall

48 papers receiving 782 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aidan Southall United States	17	490	360	320	106	95	57	1.1k
Joan Vincent United States	14	529 1.1×	431 1.2×	256 0.8×	74 0.7×	41 0.4×	41	1.2k
Julián Pitt-Rivers United States	17	514 1.0×	207 0.6×	211 0.7×	94 0.9×	36 0.4×	51	1.1k
Leroy Vail Zambia	16	591 1.2×	563 1.6×	155 0.5×	58 0.5×	48 0.5×	32	1.1k
Claude Meillassoux France	18	883 1.8×	656 1.8×	295 0.9×	134 1.3×	73 0.8×	78	1.8k
Georges Balandier France	16	570 1.2×	293 0.8×	206 0.6×	47 0.4×	76 0.8×	108	1.0k
Daniel F. McCall United States	19	372 0.8×	466 1.3×	129 0.4×	61 0.6×	55 0.6×	72	1.3k
Jane Schneider United States	18	529 1.1×	207 0.6×	176 0.6×	81 0.8×	40 0.4×	44	1.0k
Peter Duignan United States	13	470 1.0×	496 1.4×	160 0.5×	78 0.7×	41 0.4×	78	1.1k
Allen Isaacman United States	20	776 1.6×	715 2.0×	269 0.8×	63 0.6×	67 0.7×	78	1.5k
Jane F. Collier United States	17	468 1.0×	227 0.6×	256 0.8×	106 1.0×	25 0.3×	43	1.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Southall, Aidan. (1998). The anthropological dilemma of the small town: A review article. Ethnos. 63(3-4). 441–449.

Guldin, Gregory Eliyu & Aidan Southall. (1993). Urban Anthropology in China. 25 indexed citations

Southall, Aidan, Richard Stren, & Rodney R. White. (1991). African Cities in Crisis: Managing Rapid Urban Growth. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 24(2). 400–400.

Southall, Aidan. (1990). Gann’s Struggle. Issue. 18(2). 49–50. 1 indexed citations

Southall, Aidan, Ivan Karp, & Charles S. Bird. (1990). Explorations in African Systems of Thought. African Studies Review. 33(2). 207–207. 16 indexed citations

Southall, Aidan. (1989). The African Port City: Docks and SuburbsSocial Change in Modern Africa. Aidan SouthallModern and Traditional Elites in the Politics of Lagos. Patrick Cole. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 38(1). 167–189. 2 indexed citations

Southall, Aidan, Minion K. C. Morrison, & Peter C. W. Gutkind. (1986). Housing the Urban Poor in Africa. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 20(1). 130–130. 9 indexed citations

Southall, Aidan. (1983). The Contribution of Anthropology to African Studies. African Studies Review. 26(3/4). 63–63. 5 indexed citations

Southall, Aidan. (1976). Ethnology: The Bantu Speaking Peoples of South Africa. W. D. Hammond‐Tooke, ed. American Anthropologist. 78(2). 416–416. 2 indexed citations

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Barnes, Jeb, Jean Copans, Johannes Fabian, et al.. (1976). Issues in the Ethics of Research Method: An Interpretation of the Anglo-American Perspective [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 17(3). 457–481. 12 indexed citations

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Southall, Aidan. (1976). Nuer and Dinka Are People: Ecology, Ethnicity and Logical Possibility. Man. 11(4). 463–463. 36 indexed citations

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Southall, Aidan. (1975). General Amin and the Coup: Great Man or Historical Inevitability?. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 13(1). 85–105. 19 indexed citations

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Southall, Aidan. (1974). Problems of the new morality. Journal of African studies. 1(4). 363–389. 1 indexed citations

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Southall, Aidan. (1973). Amin's military coup in Uganda : great man or historical inevitability. 1 indexed citations

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Southall, Aidan. (1971). KINSHIP, DESCENT, AND RESIDENCE IN MADAGASCAR (AIDAN SOUTHALL, sub‐editor): Ideology and Group Composition in Madagascar¹. American Anthropologist. 73(1). 144–164. 10 indexed citations

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Southall, Aidan. (1969). Orientations in Political Anthropology. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 3(1). 42–42.

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Southall, Aidan & Elizabeth M. Eddy. (1969). Urban Anthropology: Research Perspectives and Strategies.. Man. 4(3). 471–471. 15 indexed citations

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Smith, Raymond Τ. & Aidan Southall. (1962). Social Change in Modern Africa. British Journal of Sociology. 13(1). 85–85. 77 indexed citations

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Baxter, P. T. W. & Aidan Southall. (1959). 32. Man. 59. 32–32. 3 indexed citations

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Southall, Aidan. (1959). An Operational Theory of Role. Human Relations. 12(1). 17–34. 18 indexed citations

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