The economics of pastoralism : a case study of sub-Saharan Africa /

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Author / Creator:Konczacki, Zbigniew A.
Imprint:London : F. Cass, 1978.
Description:xi, 185 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/300860
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Other title:Pastoralism.
ISBN:0714630861
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Introduction
  • Part 2. A socio-economic framework of pastoralism: preamble
  • an ""idealized"" model of a pastoral economy
  • a ""realistic"" model of a pastoral sector
  • conclusions
  • Part 3. Livestock-capital, range and the people: livestock as capital and problems of its accumulation
  • trade in livestock and the distribution of its ownership
  • rangeland and its management
  • sedentarization - a partial solution
  • Part 4. Pastoral nomadism -the case of Somalia: land, people and their livelihood
  • livestock
  • commercial