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Author McCabe, J. Terrence

Title Cattle bring us to our enemies : Turkana ecology, politics, and raiding in a disequilibrium system / J. Terrence McCabe
Published Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource
Series Human-environment interactions
Human-environment interactions.
Contents Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part 1 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Review of the Literature and Theoretical Framework -- 3. Turkana: Environmental, Historical, and Social Overviews -- 4. Ngisonyoka Ecology: Land and Livestock -- 5. Cattle Bring Us to Our Enemies -- Part 2 -- 6. Introduction to the Four Families -- 7. Migration and Decision Making: The Four Families -- Part 3 -- 8. Data Analysis -- 9. Livestock Dynamics and the Formation and Growth of Families -- Part 4
10. Aggregate and Group Movement11. Conclusions and Discussion -- Appendix: South Turkana Ecosystem Project (STEP) Publications -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Based on 16 years of fieldwork among the pastoral Turkana people, McCabe examines how individuals use the land and make decisions about mobility, livestock and the use of natural resources in an environment characterized by aridity, unpredictability, insecurity and violence
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Turkana (African people) -- Domestic animals
Turkana (African people) -- Social conditions
Turkana (African people) -- Land tenure
Cattle herding -- Kenya -- Turkana District
Cattle stealing -- Kenya -- Turkana District
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Cattle herding
Cattle stealing
Ecology
Manners and customs
Turkana (African people) -- Domestic animals
Turkana (African people) -- Social conditions
Ungleichgewichtstheorie
Hirt
Nomade
Agrargesellschaft
Viehwirtschaft
SUBJECT Turkana District (Kenya) -- Social life and customs
Turkana District (Kenya) -- Environmental conditions
Subject Kenya -- Turkana District
Distrikt Turkana
Turkana.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020706959
ISBN 9780472026210
0472026216