ISBN:
0813307279
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9780813307275
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1870915003
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9781870915007
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 339 p
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maps
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23 cm
DDC:
304.2096
Keywords:
Human ecology
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Écologie humaine
;
Écologie humaine
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653
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s
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North-east Africa
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Rural communities
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Survival, history
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Ecological aspects
Note:
This book is the product of 2 meetings: the 1st was held July 8, 1985 at Wolfson College and sponsored by the Oxford University Inter-faculty Committee for African Studies; the 2nd met at the Institute of Social Anthropology on July 7-8, 1986
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Includes index
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Bibliography: p. 305-322
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Introduction : ecology and society in northeast African history
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Human adaptation and long-term climatic change in northeast Africa : an archaeological perspective
,
Great drought and famine of 1888-92 in northeast Africa
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Emutai : crisis and response in Maasailand 1883-1902
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Primary export crop production and the origins of the ecological crisis in Kordofan : the case of Dar Hamar
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Cultivation as a long-term strategy of survival : the Berti of Darfur
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Traders, farmers and pastoralists : economic adaptations and environmental problems in the southern Nuba mountains of the Sudan
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Adaptation to floods in the Jonglei area of the Sudan : an historical analysis
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Prelude to disaster : the case of Karamoja
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Pastoralist migration and colonial policy : a case study from northern Kenya
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Cultivating pastoralists : ecology and economy among the Il Chamus of Baringo, 1840-1980
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Looking for a cool place : the Mursi, 1890s to 1980s
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History, drought and reproduction : dynamics of society and ecology in northeast Ethiopia
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