Title: As Nomadism Ends
First published: 1996
Description: As pastoral nomads become settled, they face social, spatial, and ecological change in the shift from herding to farming, toward integration into the market economy. This book analyzes the socio-spatial changes that follow the end of nomadism, especially in the unique case of the Bedouin of the Negev.

Focusing on the structural consequences of the shift to sedentarization, the author explores the related socio-spatial issues of the encounter with the modern, westernized world within a settlement frontier context: The adaptation of territorial behavior; the adoption of western demographic patterns; changes in the social status of individuals; integration into a system of social services; and the spatial conflict between state governments and pastoral nomads.
Subjects: Sedentarisation, Ethnic relations, Bedouins, Sedentarization, Nomads, Israel, social conditions, Bédouins, Sédentarisation, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Discrimination & Race Relations, Minority Studies, Anthropology, General
Places: Israel, Negev, Negev (Israel)
LC classification: DS110.N4 M38 1997