| Description |
1 online resource (475 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in Environmental Anthropology |
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Studies in environmental anthropology.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps; List of Figures; List of Plates; Preface; Chapter 1. Aims and Arguments; Methods of Working; Chapter 2. The Framework to Social Practice; Chapter 3. Physical Environments, Landscapes and Nature; Chapter 4. Water; Chapter 5. Land Use; The Practices of Production Systems using Land as a Primary Resource; Hunting and Gathering; Chapter 6. Buildings and Other Structures; Chapter 7. Productivity, Distribution and Consumption; Chapter 8. Integration into Modernity; Appendix; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The result of twenty-five years of research with different tribal groups in the Arabian peninsula, this study focuses on ethnographic descriptions of Arab tribal societies in five regions of the peninsula, with comparative material from others. Having become aware of the depth in time of Arab tribal structures, the authors have developed a view of Arabic tribal discourse where 'tribe' is seen as essentially an identity that confers access to a social structure and its processes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Land use, Rural -- Middle East
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Land use, Rural -- Jordan
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Water-supply, Rural -- Middle East
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Water-supply, Rural -- Jordan
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Tribes -- Middle East -- Social conditions
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Tribes -- Jordan -- Social conditions
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Land use, Rural
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Tribes -- Social conditions
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Water-supply, Rural
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Jordan
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Middle East
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134411344 |
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1134411340 |
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