Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Bollig, Michael.
2. Schnegg, Michael.
3. Wotzka, Hans-Peter.

Description

1. xviii, 525 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Subject

1. Herding
2. Pastoral systems > Africa
3. Herding > Africa
4. Pastoral systems > Africa > History
5. Herding > Africa > History
6. History
7. Land use > Africa
8. Africa

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Specialisation and diversification among African pastoral societies / Michael Bollig and Michael Schnegg -- Herders before pastoralism : prehistoric prelude in the eastern Sahara / Rudolph Kuper and Heiko Riemer -- 'I hope your cattle are well' : archaeological evidence for early cattle-centred behaviour in the eastern Sahara of Sudan and Chad / Friederike Jesse, Birgit Keding, Tilman Lenssen-Erz and Nadja Pöllath -- Trajectories to pastoralism in northern and central Kenya : an overview of the archaeological and environmental evidence / Paul Lane -- From first stock keepers to specialised pastoralists in the West African savanna / Veerle Linseele -- A short history of early herding in Southern Africa / Karim Sadr -- Establishing a pre-colonial 'modern' cattle and gun society : (re- )pastoralisation, mercantile capitalism and power amongst Herero in nineteenth century central Namibia / Dag Henrichsen -- The emergence of commercial ranching under state control and the encapsulation of pastoralism in African reserves / Christo Botha -- Land, boreholes and fences : the development of commercial livestock farming in the Outjo district, Namibia / Ute Dieckmann -- The political ecology of specialisation and diversification : long-term dynamics of pastoralism in East Pokot District, Kenya / Michael Bollig and Matthias Österle -- Social-ecological change and institutional development in a pastoral community in north-western Namibia / Michael Bollig -- Pastoral belonging : causes and consequences of part-time pastoralism in north-western Namibia / Michael Schnegg, Julia Pauli and Clemens Greiner -- State, conflict and pastoralism in contemporary eastern Chad : the case of Zaghawa-Tama relationships / Babett Jánszky and Grit Jungstand -- Unofficial trade when states are weak : the case of cross-border livestock trade in the Horn of Africa / Peter D. Little -- Pastoralism and trans-Saharan trade : transformation of a historical trade route between eastern Chad and Libya / Meike Meerpohl -- Pastoralism and nature conservation in Southern Africa / Susanne Berzborn and Martin Solich -- The indigenization of pastoral modernity : territoriality, mobility, and poverty in dryland Africa / John G. Galaty.

Call number

1. Sc E 20-154

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title

1. Pastoralism in Africa : past, present, and future / edited by Michael Bollig, Michael Schnegg and Hans-Peter Wotzka.

Imprint

1. New York : Berghahn, 2013.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local note

1. ED: UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE. NEW COLLECTION BASED ON FIELDWORK & HISTORICAL RESEARCH.

Added author

1. Bollig, Michael.
2. Schnegg, Michael.
3. Wotzka, Hans-Peter.

LCCN

1. 2012032451

Other standard identifier

1. 40022594598

ISBN

1. 9780857459084 (hardback ; alk. paper)
2. 0857459082 (hardback ; alk. paper)

Research call number

1. Sc E 20-154