TURKANA HERDERS OF THE DRY SAVANNA by Michael A. Little (Editor), Paul W. Leslie (Editor) ( 9780198549215 )

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Title:

TURKANA HERDERS OF THE DRY SAVANNA
ECOLOGY AND BIOBEHAVIORAL RESPONSE OF NOMADS TO AN UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENT

By:

Michael A. Little (Editor), Paul W. Leslie (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0198549210

ISBN 13:

9780198549215

Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

11 March, 1999

Series:

Research Monographs in Human Population Biology 13

Pages:

436

Description:

This multidisciplinary study of the Turkana integrates findings about the ways in which their social and cultural organization, health, biology, demography, and economic practices enable them to survive in a difficult and uncertain environment.

Synopsis:

The Turkana people live in the savanna of northwestern Kenya, a dry grassland where they herd livestock, spending at least part of the year on migration in search of grazing pasture. Their herds provide them with food, as well as being an essential source of wealth and resources to be sold and exchanged. This unique, multidisciplinary study of the Turkana integrates findings about the ways in which their social and cultural organization, health, biology, demography, and economic practices enable them to survive in a difficult and uncertain environment. At a time when the Turkana find their way of life increasingly under threat from political and business interests seeking to develop their lands, this book is an important analytical record of their lifestyle and ecology.

Illustrations:

28 halftones, numerous line drawings

Publication:

Imprint:

Oxford University Press

Returns:

Returnable

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