Nomads of South Persia
Subtitle: The Basseri tribe of the Khamseh Confederacy
By: Fredrick Barth.
Publisher: Oslo University Press
Published: 1961
Place of publication: Oslo, Norway
Language: eng
First sentence: The Basseri are a tribe of tent-dwelling pastoral nomads who migrate in the arid steppes and mountains south, east and north of Shiraz in Fars province, South Persia.
Description: Anthropological study of the Basseri Tribe in Iran
Table of contents: pagenum: 1
label: I
class: chapter
title: History, Ecology and Economy; pagenum: 11
title: Domestic Units
label: II; pagenum: 25
title: Camps
label: III; pagenum: 49
title: Tribe and Sections
label: IV; pagenum: 71
label: V
title: Chieftainship; pagenum: 91
title: Attached Gypsy Tribe
label: VI; pagenum: 93
title: External Relations
label: VII; pagenum: 101
label: VIII
title: Economic Processes; pagenum: 113
label: IX
title: Demographic Processes; pagenum: 123
label: X
title: The Forms of Nomadic Organization in South Persia; pagenum: 135
title: The Ritual Life of the Basseri
label: Appendix I; pagenum: 154
label: Works Cited; pagenum: 155
label: Index