Nomads and the Outside World

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Éditeur : University of Wisconsin Press	Date & Lieu : 1994-01-01, Visconsin
Préface :	Pages : 382
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Langue : Anglais	Format :
	Thème : Sociologie

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Nomads and the Outside World Anatoly M. Khazanov University of Wisconsin Press Habent sua fata libelli. The manuscript of the first edition of this book wasfinished in Moscow at the end of 1979 and was immediately sent to Cambridge.I had many good reasons to hurry. In the worsening political and ideologicalclimate in the USSR, there was no chance to publish the book in the country-itwould be considered too revisionist (Khazanov, 1992a). Moreover, it was quitepossible that the Soviet authorities might attempt to prevent its publication in theWest. Two weeks after I received a message that my manuscript had reachedEngland safely, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Two weeks later, I appliedto emigrate. .....


Table des Matières
Contents Foreword by Ernest Gellner / ix Acknowledgments / xxvii Introduction to the second edition / xxix Introduction The phenomenon of nomadism: myths and problems / 1 1 Nomadism as a distinct form of food-producing economy / 15 What is nomadism? / 15 The basic forms of pastoralism / 17 The species-composition of herds / 25 Size of herds / 28 Nature of the utilization of ecological zones / 33 Character of pastoral migrations 36 Nature of the utilization of the products of pastoral economies and dietary systems / 38 The main types of pastoral nomadism / 39 Problems of balance and the non-autarky of the pastoral economy / 68 2 The origins of pastoral nomadism / 85 3 The social preconditions of the relations between nomads and the / 119 outside world Native model, theoretical model and reality / 119 The problem of ownership in nomadic societies / 123 Family, household and community in nomadic societies / 126 Kinship and descent in nomadic societies / 138 Segmentary systems in nomadic societies / 144 The upper levels of sociopolitical organization in nomadic societies / 148 Property-inequality and social differentiation in nomadic societies / 152 Nomadic chiefdoms / 164 The theme and its variations / 169 4 Modes of nomadic adaptation to the outside world / 198 Sedentarization / 198 Trade and mediatory trade / 202 Submission and the different forms of the dependence of nomads on sedentary societies / 212 Subjugation and the different forms of the dependence of sedentary societies on nomads / 222 5 Nomads and the state / 228 Nomadic statehood and the conditions of its emergence / 228 Main types and tendencies of the emergence and evolution of nomadic statehood / 231 The Eurasian steppes, semi-deserts and deserts / 233 The Middle East / 263 The Near East / 274 East Africa / 290 Conclusions / 295 By way of a conclusion: the outside world and nomads / 303 Abbreviations / 305 Bibliography / 307 Works in languages other than Russian / 307 Works in Russian / 331 Bibliography to the second edition / 356 Works in western languages / 356 Works in Russian / 369 Index / 372