The transformation of nomadic society in the Arab East /

The transformation of nomadic society in the Arab East / edited by Martha Mundy and Basim Musallam. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000. - xii, 249p. : ill., maps ; 24cm. - 58 .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Environment and development / Paul Sanlaville; The emergence of agriculture, animal husbandry and pastoral nomadism in the Near East / Jacques Cauvin; Prehistoric and historic pastoral strategies in the Syrian steppe / A. V. G. Betts and K. W. Russell; The Syrian steppe during the last century of Ottoman rule : Hawran and the Palmyrena / Norman Lewis; Nomadic territory as a factor in defining Arabia's boundaries / J. C. Wilkinson; French mandate policy in the Syrian steppe / Christian Velud; State policies and Bedouin adaptations in Saudi Arabia, 1900-1980 / Ugo Fabietti; The politics of rural policy in East Jordan, 1920-1989 / Tariq Tall; Government policy and productive systems in the arid regions of Syria since the 1930s / Ronald Jaubert; Shaykhs, peasants and party comrades : political change in northern Syria / Sulayman N. Khalaf; Managing risk : sheep-rearing and agriculture in the Syrian steppe / Françoise Métral; Production and trade in north central Arabia : change and development in 'Unayzah / Donald P. Cole and Soraya Altorki; The destruction of resources among the mountain nomads of Dhofar / Jörg Janzen; Strategies for the improvement of the cultivated zone / M. J. Jones; Linkages between livestock and agricultural systems in Syria / T. T. Treacher; International organisations and the settlement of nomads in the Arab Middle East, 1950-1990 / Riccardo Bocco.

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