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Book The Pastoral Fulbe Family in Gwandu

Download or read book The Pastoral Fulbe Family in Gwandu written by C. Edward Hopen and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Pastoral Fulbe Family in Gwandu

Download or read book The Pastoral Fulbe Family in Gwandu written by C. Edward Hopen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1958, this book discusses how marriage and Fulbe family life, the economy and the whole organization of society is centred on cattle; how the welfare of the herd and its increase, the balance betweent he size of the herd and the size of the family are major preoccupations in the life of a Fulani herd-owner.

Book The Pastoral Fulbe Family in Gwandu

Download or read book The Pastoral Fulbe Family in Gwandu written by C. Edward Hopen and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Linking Social and Ecological Systems

Download or read book Linking Social and Ecological Systems written by Fikret Berkes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-04-13 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is usually the case that scientists examine either ecological systems or social systems, yet the need for an interdisciplinary approach to the problems of environmental management and sustainable development is becoming increasingly obvious. Developed under the auspices of the Beijer Institute in Stockholm, this new book analyses social and ecological linkages in selected ecosystems using an international and interdisciplinary case study approach. The chapters provide detailed information on a variety of management practices for dealing with environmental change. Taken as a whole, the book will contribute to the greater understanding of essential social responses to changes in ecosystems, including the generation, accumulation and transmission of ecological knowledge, structure and dynamics of institutions, and the cultural values underlying these responses. A set of new (or rediscovered) principles for sustainable ecosystem management is also presented. Linking Social and Ecological Systems will be of value to natural and social scientists interested in sustainability.

Book Managing Mobility in African Rangelands

Download or read book Managing Mobility in African Rangelands written by Maryam Niamir-Fuller and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 1999 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how land tenure laws, decentralization policies, institutional capactiy building, common property management, conflict resolution and participatory development can be made more responsive to the needs of pastoralists and those practising transhumance today in order to achieve ecologically and economically sustainable development in arid Africa. The scope of this book is holistic: social, economic, political and environmental issues are discussed in each contribution. The case studies focus on four key constraints to managed mobility: appropriate legislation; and conflict resolution. The case studies are from Africa, but the issues and conclusions are just as relevant to pastoralism and common property management in other continents. Scientists, students, development experts, government officials and bilateral and multi-lateral development organizations will find new research presented in this book that is highly relevant to their work.

Book Letters from Max

Download or read book Letters from Max written by Sarah Ruhl and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A real professor and her student forge a friendship through correspondence as they discuss love, art, life, cancer, and death. In 2012, Sarah Ruhl was a distinguished author and playwright, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Max Ritvo, a student in her playwriting class at Yale University, was an exuberant, opinionated, and highly gifted poet. He was also in remission from pediatric cancer. Over the next four years—in which Ritvo’s illness returned and his health declined, even as his productivity bloomed—the two exchanged letters that spark with urgency, humor, and the desire for connection. Reincarnation, books, the afterlife as an Amtrak quiet car, good soup: in Ruhl and Ritvo’s exchanges, all ideas are fair, nourishing game, shared and debated in a spirit of generosity and love. “We’ll always know one another forever, however long ever is,” Ritvo writes. “And that’s all I want—is to know you forever.” Studded with poems and songs, Letters from Max is a deeply moving portrait of a friendship, and a shimmering exploration of love, art, mortality, and the afterlife. Praise for Letters from Max “An unusual, beautiful book about nothing less than the necessity of art in our lives. Two big-hearted, big-brained writers have allowed us to eavesdrop on their friendship: jokes and heartbreaks, admiration, hard work, tender work.” —Elizabeth McCracken, author of Bowlaway “Immediate comparisons will be made to Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Artist . . . this book is a nuanced look at the evolution of an incredible talent facing mortality and the mentor, never condescending, who recognizes his gift. Their infectious letters shine with a love of words and beauty.” —The Observer “Deeply moving, often heartbreaking. . . . A captivating celebration of life and love.” —Kirkus Reviews “Moving and erudite . . . devastating and lyrical . . . Ruhl draws a comparison between their correspondence and that between poets Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, and indeed, with the depth and intelligence displayed, one feels in the presence of literary titans.” —Publishers Weekly

Book Living with Uncertainty

Download or read book Living with Uncertainty written by Ian Scoones and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the management of policy implications for pastoral development in dryland areas. The contributors examine the consequences of living with uncertainty for pastoral development planning, range and fodder management, drought responses, livestock marketing, resource tenure, institutional development and pastoral administration.

Book National Conference

Download or read book National Conference written by Chimaroke Nnamani and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Tswana

    Book Details:
  • Author : Isaac Schapera
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2015-06-03
  • ISBN : 1317408136
  • Pages : 176 pages

Download or read book The Tswana written by Isaac Schapera and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1953 and this edition in 1991, this book was created in association with the International African Institute. Since its first publication, anthropology and African Studies have changed a great deal, but the bedrock of both remains unchanged: solid, sensitive ethnographic and historical accounts of the peoples and cultures of the continent. Part One is by Isaac Schapera whose documentation of life and times in the Bechuanaland Protectorate stands as a starkly detailed chronical of an African population in a rapidly changing world. Schapera was one of the few anthropologists who spoke frankly of the rural predicament of rural Africans under colonialism. Far from describing the Tswana as a closed or timeless ‘society’, he locates the people in their political and economic context, and in so doing, has left behind an extraordinary record. This edition of The Tswana consists of the original text to which has been added a second part by John L. Comaroff, which covers the transformation of Tswana life in Botswana and South Africa 1953-85, plus a much enlarged bibliography. Together, the parts of the book make a valuable summary of an exceedingly rich and ethnographic and historical record that will continue to serve as an indispensable tool in research and teaching.

Book The Cultural Dimension of Development

Download or read book The Cultural Dimension of Development written by Dennis M. Warren and published by Practical Action. This book was released on 1995 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The potential of indigenous knowledge is being recognized for international development. This book argues that local people do know their environment, and that this knowledge has to be taken into account in planning and implementing accessible and effective development.

Book Arid Ways

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mirjam de Bruijn
  • Publisher : Purdue University Press
  • Release : 1995
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 596 pages

Download or read book Arid Ways written by Mirjam de Bruijn and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cum laude graduation (with distinction).

Book Cattle Bring Us to Our Enemies

Download or read book Cattle Bring Us to Our Enemies written by J. Terrence McCabe and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-02-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the ecology, history, and politics of land use among the Turkana pastoral people in Northern Kenya Based on sixteen 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. The Turkana are one of the world's most mobile peoples, but understanding why and how they move is a complex task influenced by politics, violence, historical relations among ethnic groups, and the government, as well as by the arid land they call home. As one of the original members of the South Turkana Ecosystem Project, McCabe draws on a wealth of ecological data in his analysis. His long-standing relationship with four Turkana families personalize his insights and conclusions, inviting readers into the lives of these individuals, their families, and the way they cope with their environment and political events in daily life. J. Terrence McCabe is Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Book AMBIGUOUS RELATIONS

    Book Details:
  • Author : BRADBURD D
  • Publisher : Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press
  • Release : 1990-05-17
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book AMBIGUOUS RELATIONS written by BRADBURD D and published by Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press. This book was released on 1990-05-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choice Outstanding Academic Book. Revealing a society remote from Western eyes, Bradburd provides a richly textured account of the society, culture, and economy of a small group of nomadic pastoralists in south-central Iran.

Book Beyond the Rangeland Conflict

Download or read book Beyond the Rangeland Conflict written by Dan Dagget and published by Good Stewards Project. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author reveals a process for bringing solutions to issues that reach beyond grasslands and cows. The individuals he profiles here signal to the reader to follow their example; to set aside differences and work towards a common vision of a green and growing land alive with cultural diversity.

Book The Poor are Not Us

Download or read book The Poor are Not Us written by David Anderson and published by Ohio University Center for International Studies. This book was released on 1999 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection concerning East African pastoralists rejects the premise of pastoral egalatarianism and poses questions about the gradual creep of poverty, changing patterns of wealth and accumulation, the impact of diminishing resources on pastoral communities, and the impact of external values.

Book The Fulani Empire of Sokoto

Download or read book The Fulani Empire of Sokoto written by Hugh Anthony Stephens Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Qashqa i of Iran

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lois Beck
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1986
  • ISBN : 9780300032123
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book The Qashqa i of Iran written by Lois Beck and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: