Title Cattle bring us to our enemies : Turkana ecology, politics, and raiding in a disequilibrium system / J. Terrence McCabe.

Publication Info.	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2004]
	©2004

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Description	1 online resource (x, 301 pages) : maps.
Series	Human-environment interactions
	Human-environment interactions.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and 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.
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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""
	""10. Aggregate and Group Movement""""11. Conclusions and Discussion""; ""Appendix: South Turkana Ecosystem Project (STEP) Publications""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Subject	Turkana (African people) -- Domestic animals.
	Turkana (African people) -- Social conditions.
	Turkana (African people) -- Land tenure.
	Cattle herding -- Kenya -- Turkana District.
	Cattle stealing -- Kenya -- Turkana District.
	Turkana District (Kenya) -- Social life and customs.
	Turkana District (Kenya) -- Environmental conditions.
	NATURE -- Natural Resources.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
	Ungleichgewichtstheorie.
	Hirt.
	Nomade.
	Agrargesellschaft.
	Viehwirtschaft.
	Turkana <Distrikt>.
	Turkana.
Other Form:	Print version: McCabe, J. Terrence. Cattle bring us to our enemies. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2004 (DLC) 2004008130 (OCoLC)54952942
ISBN	9780472026210 (electronic bk.)
	0472026216 (electronic bk.)

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