Title:
The Ecology of survival : case studies from northeast African history / edited by Douglas H. Johnson and David M. Anderson.
Author:
Johnson, Douglas Hamilton, 1949-
Anderson, David, 1957-
University of Oxford. Inter-faculty Committee on African Studies.
General Notes:
This book is the product of 2 meetings: the 1st was held July 8, 1985 at Wolfson College and sponsored by the Oxford University Inter-faculty Committee for African Studies; the 2nd met at the Institute of Social Anthropology on July 7-8, 1986., This book is the product of 2 meetings: the 1st was held July 8, 1985 at Wolfson College and sponsored by the Oxford University Inter-faculty Committee for African Studies; the 2nd met at the Institute of Social Anthropology on July 7-8, 1986.
Publisher:
L. Crook Academic Pub. ; Westview Press,
Publication Place:
London, England : Boulder, Colo. :
ISBN:
0813307279 (Westview)
1870915003
Subject:
Human ecology -- Africa, Northeast.
âEcologie humaine -- Afrique (Nord-Est)
North-east Africa Rural communities Survival, history. Ecological aspects
Contents:
Introduction : ecology and society in northeast African history / Human adaptation and long-term climatic change in northeast Africa : an archaeological perspective / Great drought and famine of 1888-92 in northeast Africa / Emutai : crisis and response in Maasailand 1883-1902 / Primary export crop production and the origins of the ecological crisis in Kordofan : the case of Dar Hamar / Cultivation as a long-term strategy of survival : the Berti of Darfur / Traders, farmers and pastoralists : economic adaptations and environmental problems in the southern Nuba mountains of the Sudan / Adaptation to floods in the Jonglei area of the Sudan : an historical analysis / Prelude to disaster : the case of Karamoja / Pastoralist migration and colonial policy : a case study from northern Kenya / Cultivating pastoralists : ecology and economy among the Il Chamus of Baringo, 1840-1980 / Looking for a cool place : the Mursi, 1890s to 1980s / History, drought and reproduction : dynamics of society and ecology in northeast Ethiopia /
Physical Description:
xii, 339 p. : maps ;
Publication Date:
1988.
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