Cattle bring us to our enemies
Subtitle: Turkana ecology, politics, and raiding in a disequilibrium system
By: J. Terrence McCabe.
Series: Human-environment interactions
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Turkana (African people) -- Domestic animals.; Turkana (African people) -- Social conditions.; Turkana (African people) -- Land tenure.; Cattle herding -- Kenya -- Turkana District.; Cattle stealing -- Kenya -- Turkana District.; Turkana District (Kenya) -- Social life and customs.; Turkana District (Kenya) -- Environmental conditions.
Description: Based on 16 years of fieldwork among the pastoral Turkana people, McCabe examines how individuals use the land and make decisions about mobility, livestock and the use of natural resources in an environment characterized by aridity, unpredictability, insecurity and violence.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.