Pastoralism in Africa
Subtitle: past, present, and future
By: edited by Michael Bollig, Michael Schnegg and Hans-Peter Wotzka
Publisher: Berghahn
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 525
ISBN-13: 9780857459084; 9780857459091
Subjects: Herding; Land use; Pastoral systems; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Specialisation and diversification among African pastoral societies / Michael Bollig and Michael Schnegg; title: Herders before pastoralism : prehistoric prelude in the eastern Sahara / Rudolph Kuper and Heiko Riemer; title: 'I hope your cattle are well' : archaeological evidence for early cattle-centred behaviour in the eastern Sahara of Sudan and Chad / Friederike Jesse, Birgit Keding, Tilman Lenssen-Erz and Nadja Pöllath; title: Trajectories to pastoralism in northern and central Kenya : an overview of the archaeological and environmental evidence / Paul Lane; title: From first stock keepers to specialised pastoralists in the West African savanna / Veerle Linseele; title: A short history of early herding in Southern Africa / Karim Sadr; title: Establishing a pre-colonial 'modern' cattle and gun society : (re-)pastoralisation, mercantile capitalism and power amongst Herero in nineteenth century central Namibia / Dag Henrichsen; title: The emergence of commercial ranching under state control and the encapsulation of pastoralism in African reserves / Christo Botha; title: Land, boreholes and fences : the development of commercial livestock farming in the Outjo district, Namibia / Ute Dieckmann; title: The political ecology of specialisation and diversification : long-term dynamics of pastoralism in East Pokot District, Kenya / Michael Bollig and Matthias Österle; title: Social-ecological change and institutional development in a pastoral community in north-western Namibia / Michael Bollig; title: Pastoral belonging : causes and consequences of part-time pastoralism in north-western Namibia / Michael Schnegg, Julia Pauli and Clemens Greiner; title: State, conflict and pastoralism in contemporary eastern Chad : the case of Zaghawa-Tama relationships / Babett Jánszky and Grit Jungstand; title: Unofficial trade when states are weak : the case of cross-border livestock trade in the Horn of Africa / Peter D. Little; title: Pastoralism and trans-Saharan trade :  transformation of a historical trade route between eastern Chad and Libya / Meike Meerpohl; title: Pastoralism and nature conservation in Southern Africa / Susanne Berzborn and Martin Solich; title: The indigenization of pastoral modernity : territoriality, mobility, and poverty in dryland Africa / John G. Galaty.