The Nomadic Alternative : : Modes and Models of Interaction in the African-Asian Deserts and Steppes / / ed. by Wolfgang Weissleder.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: ABRAMZON, S. M.,; AGADZHANOV, S. G.,; ANNAKLYCHEV, SH.,; ARGYNBAEV, KH.,; ARUTYUNYAN, YU. V.,; BEN-AMI, ISSACHAR,; DAKHSHLEIGER, G. F.,; DIGARD, JEAN-PIERRE,; FRANTZ, CHARLES,; GAST, MARCEAU,; HANIFI, M. JAMIL,; KALOEV, B. A.,; KARRYEV, A.,; KHAZANOV, A. M.,; KUZEEV, R. G.,; MARKOV, G. E.,; MARX, EMANUEL,; MONOGAROVA, L. F.,; PAQUES, VIVIANA,; PASTNER, CARROLL McC.,; PASTNER, STEPHEN,; PATAI, RAPHAEL,; ROBAKIDZE, A. I.,; SHANIJAZOV, K.,; SMIRNOVA, YA. S.,; SMITH, SUSAN E.,; TOWNSEND, NORMAN,; VAJNSHTEJN, S. I.,; WEISSLEDER, WOLFGANG,; ZHDANKO, T. A.,; ZOANGA, JEAN BIGTARMA,
• HerausgeberIn: Weissleder, Wolfgang,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (423 p.) :; Num. tabs. and maps. 5 plates

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- General Editor's Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Notes on a Discussion -- SECTION ONE Ecology -- 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 Fulḅe (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 -- SECTION TWO Ethnogenesis, Evolution, and Continuity -- 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 Soviet Eastern Republics: The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic -- SECTION THREE Stratification, Authority, and Power -- The History of Sovereignty Among the Kel Ahaggar -- The Traditional Power of the Mósì Nānámsè 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 -- SECTION FOUR Cognition, Values, and Religion -- 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 -- 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