Nomads and the Outside World

by Khazanov, Anatoly

• ISBN13: 9780299142841
• ISBN10: 0299142841
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-05-15
• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr

Summary

This is the first paperback edition of Anatoly M. Khazanov's famous comparative study of pastoral nomadism. Hailed by reviewers as "majestic and magisterial,"Nomads and the Outside Worldwas first published in English in 1984. With the author's new introduction and an updated bibliography, this classic is now available in an edition accessible to students.

Author Biography

Anatoly M. Khazanov is professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.  He was formerly a senior scholar at the Institute of Ethnography, Academy of Sciences of the U.S. S. R., in Moscow and professor of social anthropology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.  The author of nine books and more than 100 articles, he is a Fellow of the British Academy.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Ernest Gellner
Acknowledgments	xxvii
Introduction to the second edition	xxix
Introduction The phenomenon of nomadism: myths and problems	1	(14)
Nomadism as a distinct form of food-producing economy	15	(70)
What is nomadism?	15	(2)
The basic forms of pastoralism	17	(8)
The species-composition of herds	25	(3)
Size of herds	28	(5)
Nature of the utilization of ecological zones	33	(3)
Character of pastoral migrations	36	(2)
Nature of the utilization of the products of pastoral economies and dietary systems	38	(1)
The main types of pastoral nomadism	39	(29)
Problems of balance and the non-autarky of the pastoral economy	68	(17)
The origins of pastoral nomadism	85	(34)
The social preconditions of the relations between nomads and the outside world	119	(79)
Native model, theoretical model and reality	119	(4)
The problem of ownership in nomadic societies	123	(3)
Family, household and community in nomadic societies	126	(12)
Kinship and descent in nomadic societies	138	(6)
Segmentary systems in nomadic societies	144	(4)
The upper levels of sociopolitical organization in nomadic societies	148	(4)
Property-inequality and social differentiation in nomadic societies	152	(12)
Nomadic chiefdoms	164	(5)
The theme and its variations	169	(29)
Modes of nomadic adaptation to the outside world	198	(30)
Sedentarization	198	(4)
Trade and mediatory trade	202	(10)
Submission and the different forms of the dependence of nomads on sedentary societies	212	(10)
Subjugation, and the different forms of the dependence of sedentary societies on nomads	222	(6)
Nomads and the state	228	(75)
Nomadic statehood and the conditions of its emergence	228	(3)
Main types and tendencies of the emergence and evolution of nomadic statehood	231	(2)
The Eurasian steppes, semi-deserts and deserts	233	(30)
The Middle East	263	(11)
The Near East	274	(16)
East Africa	290	(5)
Conclusions	295	(8)
By way of a conclusion: the outside world and nomads	303	(69)
Abbreviations	305	(2)
Bibliography	307	(49)
Works in languages other than Russian	307	(24)
Works in Russian	331	(25)
Bibliography to the second edition	356	(16)
Works in western languages	356	(13)
Works in Russian	369	(3)
Index	372