William A. Shack

624 total citations
30 papers, 324 citations indexed

About

William A. Shack is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Shack has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 324 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 6 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in William A. Shack's work include African history and culture analysis (13 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (6 papers) and Historical Legal Studies and Society (1 paper). William A. Shack is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture analysis (13 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (6 papers) and Historical Legal Studies and Society (1 paper). William A. Shack collaborates with scholars based in United States. William A. Shack's co-authors include Elliott P. Skinner, Robin Cohen, David Turton, Katsuyoshi Fukui, Bruce L. Mouser, Donald L. Donham, Wendy James, Percy S. Cohen and B. A. L. Cranstone and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Sociology, American Anthropologist and American Ethnologist.

In The Last Decade

William A. Shack

23 papers receiving 200 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William A. Shack United States 9 148 121 84 41 27 30 324
Lucien M. Hanks United States 8 200 1.4× 77 0.6× 187 2.2× 19 0.5× 8 0.3× 20 340
Uri Almagor Israel 11 181 1.2× 65 0.5× 57 0.7× 77 1.9× 36 1.3× 26 345
Leonard Plotnicov United States 10 152 1.0× 93 0.8× 77 0.9× 16 0.4× 39 1.4× 36 333
Rhoda H. Halperin United States 8 112 0.8× 71 0.6× 44 0.5× 21 0.5× 24 0.9× 19 295
M. C. Jȩdrej United Kingdom 9 113 0.8× 121 1.0× 47 0.6× 22 0.5× 6 0.2× 26 354
Jean Copans France 10 273 1.8× 153 1.3× 113 1.3× 12 0.3× 16 0.6× 118 513
Susan Drucker‐Brown United Kingdom 8 152 1.0× 106 0.9× 51 0.6× 14 0.3× 22 0.8× 23 301
Pedro Carrasco United States 11 63 0.4× 114 0.9× 78 0.9× 19 0.5× 47 1.7× 29 358
Odile Hoffmann France 9 121 0.8× 80 0.7× 76 0.9× 12 0.3× 89 3.3× 73 281
Emmanuel Terray France 8 177 1.2× 125 1.0× 81 1.0× 12 0.3× 15 0.6× 61 357

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All Works

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Shack, William A.. (2001). Harlem in Montmartre. 7 indexed citations
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Shack, William A.. (1994). The Oromo of Ethiopia: A History 1570–1860. MOHAMMED HASSEN. American Ethnologist. 21(3). 642–643.
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Shack, William A.. (1991). Troubled lands, troubled people. Reviews in Anthropology. 20(1). 25–33. 4 indexed citations
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Shack, William A.. (1988). Black Folk Here and There: An Essay in History and Anthropology. ST. CLAIR DRAKE. American Ethnologist. 15(2). 398–399.
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Shack, William A., Donald L. Donham, & Wendy James. (1988). The Southern Marches of Imperial Ethiopia: Essays in History and Social Anthropology.. Man. 23(1). 179–179. 14 indexed citations
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Shack, William A., et al.. (1982). Strangers in African Societies. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 16(1). 198–198. 26 indexed citations
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Shack, William A., et al.. (1982). Strangers in African Societies.. Man. 17(3). 583–583. 6 indexed citations
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Shack, William A., et al.. (1981). Politics in Leadership: A Comparative Perspective.. Man. 16(4). 717–717. 8 indexed citations
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Shack, William A., Katsuyoshi Fukui, & David Turton. (1981). Warfare Among East African Herders. Man. 16(1). 151–151. 44 indexed citations
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Cohen, Robin, et al.. (1981). Strangers in African Societies. British Journal of Sociology. 32(1). 151–151. 57 indexed citations
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Shack, William A.. (1976). Guilt and Innocence: Oathing, Evidence, and the Judicial Process Among the Gurage. Journal of African studies. 3(3). 297–309. 2 indexed citations
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Shack, William A., et al.. (1976). Gods and Heroes: Oral Traditions of the Gurage of Ethiopia. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 9(1). 165–165. 1 indexed citations
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Shack, William A.. (1974). Ethiopia and Afro-Americans: Some Historical Notes, 1920-1970. Phylon (1960-). 35(2). 142–142. 3 indexed citations
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Shack, William A.. (1968). The Mäsqal-Pole: Religious Conflict and Social Change in Gurageland. Africa. 38(4). 457–468. 5 indexed citations
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Shack, William A.. (1967). On Gurage Judicial Structure and African Political Theory. Journal of Ethiopian studies. 5(2). 89–101. 3 indexed citations
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Shack, William A.. (1963). Some Aspects of Ecology and Social Structure in the Ensete Complex in South-West Ethiopia. 93(1). 72–72. 19 indexed citations
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Shack, William A.. (1963). Religious Ideas and Social Action in Gurage Bond-Friendship. Africa. 33(3). 198–208. 2 indexed citations
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Shack, William A.. (1961). Black Muslims: a Nativistic Religious Movement Among Negro Americans. Race. 3(1). 57–67. 1 indexed citations

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