ISBN:
9789027975201
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (445 p)
Series Statement:
World Anthropology
Series Statement:
World Anthropology Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version Nomadic Alternative : Modes and Models of Interaction in the African-Asian Deserts and Steppes
DDC:
301.45
Keywords:
Nomads ; Africa ; Congresses
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Nomads ; Asia ; Congresses
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Nomads ; Congresses
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- The Culture Areas of the Middle East -- The Ecology and Politics of Nomadic Pastoralists in the Middle East -- The Environmental Adaptation of Nomads in the West African Sahel: A Key to Understanding Prehistoric Pastoralists -- Ecology and Social Organization Among Nigerian Fulbe (Fulani) -- Characteristic Features of Nomadic Communities in the Eurasian Steppes -- The Problem of Origin and Formation of the Economic-Cultural Type of Pastoral Nomads in the Moderate Belt of Eurasia -- Ethnic Communities with Survivals of Clan and Tribal Structure in Central Asia and Kazakhstan in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- Early Elements in the Ethnogenesis of the Uzbeks -- Historical Stratification of Generic and Tribal Names and Their Role in the Ethnogenetic Study of Turkic Peoples of Eastern Europe, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia -- Some Basic Problems of the Ethnogenesis of the Turkmen -- Family-Group, Family, and Individual Property Categories Among Nomads -- The Formation of National Cadres of Industrial Workers in Cattle-Breeding Districts of the Soviet Eastern Republics: The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic -- The History of Sovereignty Among the Kel Ahaggar -- The Traditional Power of the Mósì Nānámtsè of Upper Volta -- Conservatism and Change in a Desert Feudalism: The Case of Southern Baluchistan -- Kinship Terminology and Feudal Versus Tribal Orientations in Baluch Social Organization: A Comparative View -- The Promotion of Suzerainty Between Sedentary and Nomadic Populations in Eastern Ethiopia -- Biased Symbiosis on the Tana River -- Changes in the Family Structure of the Pamir Nationalities in the Years of Socialist Construction -- Problems of Social Change Among the Asiatic Nomads -- The Segmental System: Native Model or Anthropological Construction? Discussion of an Iranian Example.
Description / Table of Contents:
""The Culture Areas of the Middle East""; ""The Ecology and Politics of Nomadic Pastoralists in the Middle East""; ""The Environmental Adaptation of Nomads in the West African Sahel: A Key to Understanding Prehistoric Pastoralists""; ""Ecology and Social Organization Among Nigerian Fulbe (Fulani)""; ""Characteristic Features of Nomadic Communities in the Eurasian Steppes""; ""The Problem of Origin and Formation of the Economic-Cultural Type of Pastoral Nomads in the Moderate Belt of Eurasia""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Ethnic Communities with Survivals of Clan and Tribal Structure in Central Asia and Kazakhstan in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries""""Early Elements in the Ethnogenesis of the Uzbeks""; ""Historical Stratification of Generic and Tribal Names and Their Role in the Ethnogenetic Study of Turkic Peoples of Eastern Europe, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia""; ""Some Basic Problems of the Ethnogenesis of the Turkmen""; ""Family-Group, Family, and Individual Property Categories Among Nomads""
Description / Table of Contents:
""The Formation of National Cadres of Industrial Workers in Cattle-Breeding Districts of the Soviet Eastern Republics: The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic""""The History of Sovereignty Among the Kel Ahaggar""; ""The Traditional Power of the Mósì NÄ?námtsÃ? of Upper Volta""; ""Conservatism and Change in a Desert Feudalism: The Case of Southern Baluchistan""; ""Kinship Terminology and Feudal Versus Tribal Orientations in Baluch Social Organization: A Comparative View""; ""The Promotion of Suzerainty Between Sedentary and Nomadic Populations in Eastern Ethiopia""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Biased Symbiosis on the Tana River""""Changes in the Family Structure of the Pamir Nationalities in the Years of Socialist Construction""; ""Problems of Social Change Among the Asiatic Nomads""; ""The Segmental System: Native Model or Anthropological Construction? Discussion of an Iranian Example""; ""The Gnawa of Morocco: The Derdeba Ceremony""; ""Marriage and Marriage Rites Among the Kazakhs in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries""; ""Interaction of Cultures Among Peoples of the U.S.S.R.""; ""Ethnic Traditions in Agriculture in the Northern Caucasus""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Settlement and Traditional Social Institutions of the Formerly Nomadic Kazakh People""""Patronymy Among the Peoples of the Caucasus""; ""Tradition and Innovation in Family Rites in the Northern Caucasus""; ""Cultural Diversity, Conflicting Ideologies, and Transformational Processes in Afghanistan""; ""The Mimouna Festival Among the Moroccan Jews""; ""Biographical Notes""; ""Index of Names""; ""Index of Subjects""; ""Index of Names of Places""
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Description based upon print version of record
