Description |
xiii, 302 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology |
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Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology.
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Contents |
Pt. I. The Dimensions of Pastoral Society in East Africa. 1. Pastoralists and Spirit on Enterprise. 2. Polygyny and the Manifestations of Inequality. 3. The Dynamics of Age Systems in East Africa -- Pt. II. Opportunism and Adaptation to the Pastoral Niche: The Case of the Chamus of Lake Baringo. 4. The Chamus Tradition of Pre-Pastoral Origins. 5. The Thrust of Pastoral Innovations. 6. The Emergence of Individualism and New Forms of Inequality -- Pt. III. The Marginalization of Pastoralism. 7. Population Growth, Development, and the Malthusian Dilemma. 8. Pastoralists and the Threshold of Change and Inequality. 9. The Shadow of Islam and the Spread of the Desert |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-287) and indexes |
Subject |
Camels -- Africa, Eastern.
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Marginality, Social -- Africa, Eastern.
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Herders -- Africa, Eastern.
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Pastoral systems -- Africa, Eastern.
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Polygamy -- Africa, Eastern.
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Social change -- Africa, Eastern.
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SUBJECT |
Africa, Eastern http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001596 -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005736
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Africa, Eastern http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001596 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
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LC no. |
97023105 |
ISBN |
0198233752 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
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