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1 online resource. |
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polychrome. |
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data file |
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Human-environment interactions
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Human-environment interactions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part 1 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Review of the Literature and Theoretical Framework -- 3. Turkana: Environmental, Historical, and Social Overviews -- 4. Ngisonyoka Ecology: Land and Livestock -- 5. Cattle Bring Us to Our Enemies -- Part 2 -- 6. Introduction to the Four Families -- 7. Migration and Decision Making: The Four Families -- Part 3 -- 8. Data Analysis -- 9. Livestock Dynamics and the Formation and Growth of Families -- Part 4 |
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10. Aggregate and Group Movement11. Conclusions and Discussion -- Appendix: South Turkana Ecosystem Project (STEP) Publications -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Based on 16 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Turkana (African people) -- Domestic animals.
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Turkana (African people) -- Domestic animals. |
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Turkana (African people) |
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Turkana (African people) -- Social conditions.
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Turkana (African people) -- Social conditions. |
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Turkana (African people) -- Land tenure.
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Land tenure. |
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Cattle herding -- Kenya -- Turkana District.
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Cattle herding. |
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Kenya -- Turkana District. |
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Cattle stealing -- Kenya -- Turkana District.
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Cattle stealing. |
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Turkana District (Kenya) -- Social life and customs.
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Turkana District (Kenya) -- Environmental conditions.
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Ecology. |
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Manners and customs. |
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NATURE -- Natural Resources. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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Turkana. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cattle bring us to our enemies Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2004. 0472098780 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2004008130 |
| ISBN |
9780472026210 ebook |
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0472026216 |
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0472068784 paperback : alkaline paper |
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0472098780 cloth : alkaline paper |
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9780472098781 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780472068784 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.3998/mpub.23477 |
