End of Nomadism? - Society, State, and the Environment in Inner Asia

List of contents

Introduction

1. Cultures of Inner Asia
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2. Changing Pastoral Societies and the Environment in the 20th Century
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3. Rural Institutions
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4. Kinship, Networks, and Residence
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5. Settlement and Urbanism
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6. Spatial Mobility and Inner Asian Pastoralism
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7. A Family and Its Networks
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8. Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Caroline Humphrey is Reader in Asian Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.
David Sneath is a Lecturer of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge and Director of Studies in Anthropology at Trinity College in Cambridge. Humphrey and Sneath are the coeditors of Culture and Environment in Inner Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Humphrey, Caroline Sneath Humphrey, David Andrews Sneath
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.1999
• EAN: 9780822321071
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2107-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Central Asia Book Series; Central Asia Book
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories