Herders, Warriors, and Traders - Pastoralism in Africa

Table des matières

Preface -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Cattle and Culture: Domestic Animals as Value and Sign -- "How Beasts Lost Their Legs": Cattle in Tswana Economy and Society -- "To Increase Cows, God Created the King": The Function of Cattle in Intralacustrine Societies1 -- Exchange, Ecology and the "Common Economy" -- Political Ecology in the Upper Nile: The Twentieth Century Expansion of the Pastoral "Common Economy" -- Feasts, Famines and Friends: Nineteenth Century Exchange and Ethnicity in the Eastern Lake Turkana Region1 -- Warfare, Expansion and Pastoral Ethnicity -- Movement, Warfare and Ethnicity in the Lower Omo Valley -- Pastoral Orbits and Deadly Jousts: Factors in the Maasai Expansion -- Herders, Traders and Clerics: The Impact of Trade, Religion and Warfare on the Evolution of Moorish Society -- Hierarchy and Inequality in Regional Systems -- Herders, Hunters and Smiths: Mobile Populations in the History of Kanem -- Pastoro-Foragers to "Bushmen": Transformations in Kalahari Relations of Property, Production and Labor -- Conclusion -- The Current Realities of African Pastoralists

A propos de l'auteur

John G Galaty

Résumé

Using case studies this volume demonstrates the significant impact that pastoralists have had throughout conflict and migration, and in providing a legitimate economic alternative to settled agriculture.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: GALATY, John G Galaty
• Collaboration: Pierre Bonte (Editeur), John G. Galaty (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367015756
• ISBN: 978-0-367-01575-6
• Pages: 366
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géographie; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Regional Geography