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Frontmatter -- General Editor's Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Notes on a Discussion / WEISSLEDER, WOLFGANG -- SECTION ONE Ecology -- The Culture Areas of the Middle East / PATAI, RAPHAEL -- The Ecology and Politics of Nomadic Pastoralists in the Middle East / MARX, EMANUEL -- The Environmental Adaptation of Nomads in the West African Sahel: A Key to Understanding Prehistoric Pastoralists / SMITH, SUSAN E. -- Ecology and Social Organization Among Nigerian Ful¿e (Fulani) / FRANTZ, CHARLES -- Characteristic Features of Nomadic Communities in the Eurasian Steppes / KHAZANOV, A. M. -- The Problem of Origin and Formation of the Economic-Cultural Type of Pastoral Nomads in the Moderate Belt of Eurasia / VAJNSHTEJN, S. I. -- SECTION TWO Ethnogenesis, Evolution, and Continuity -- Ethnic Communities with Survivals of Clan and Tribal Structure in Central Asia and Kazakhstan in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries / ZHDANKO, T. A. -- Early Elements in the Ethnogenesis of the Uzbeks / SHANIJAZOV, K. -- Historical Stratification of Generic and Tribal Names and Their Role in the Ethnogenetic Study of Turkic Peoples of Eastern Europe, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia / KUZEEV, R. G. -- Some Basic Problems of the Ethnogenesis of the Turkmen / AGADZHANOV, S. G. / KARRYEV, A. -- Family-group, Family, and Individual Property Categories Among Nomads / ABRAMZON, S. M. -- The Formation of National Cadres of Industrial Workers in Cattle- Breeding Districts of Soviet Eastern Republics: The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic / ANNAKLYCHEV, SH. -- SECTION THREE Stratification, Authority, and Power -- The History of Sovereignty Among the Kel Ahaggar / GAST, MARCEAU -- The Traditional Power of the Mósì Nanámsè of Upper Volta / ZOANGA, JEAN BIGTARMA -- Conservatism and Change in a Desert Feudalism: The Case of Southern Baluchistan / PASTNER, STEPHEN -- Kinship Terminology and Feudal Versus Tribal Orientations in Baluch Social Organization: A Comparative View / PASTNER, CARROLL McC. -- The Promotion of Suzerainty Between Sedentary and Nomadic Populations in Eastern Ethiopia / WEISSLEDER, WOLFGANG -- Biased Symbiosis on the Tana River / TOWNSEND, NORMAN -- Changes in the Family Structure of the Pamir Nationalities in the Years of Socialist Construction / MONOGAROVA, L. F. -- Problems of Social Change Among the Asiatic Nomads / MARKOV, G. E. -- SECTION FOUR Cognition, Values, and Religion -- The Segmental System: Native Model or Anthropological Construction? Discussion of an Iranian Example / DIGARD, JEAN-PIERRE -- The Gnawa of Morocco: The Derdeba Ceremony / PAQUES, VIVIANA -- Marriage and Marriage Rites Among the Kazakhs in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries / ARGYNBAEV, KH. -- Interaction of Cultures Among Peoples of the U.S.S.R. / ARUTYUNYAN, YU. V. -- Ethnic Traditions in Agriculture in the Northern Caucasus / KALOEV, B. A. -- Settlement and Traditional Social Institutions of the Formerly Nomadic Kazakh People / DAKHSHLEIGER, G. F. -- Patronymy Among the Peoples of the Caucasus / ROBAKIDZE, A. I. -- Tradition and Innovation in Family Rites in the Northern Caucasus / SMIRNOVA, YA. S. -- Cultural Diversity, Conflicting Ideologies, and Transformational Processes in Afghanistan / HANIFI, M. JAMIL -- The Mimouna Festival Among the Moroccan Jews / BEN-AMI, ISSACHAR -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Names of Places
