ABSTRACT
African pastoralists have been devastated by drought, famine and dislocation, yet herding remains the most viable system of support for the inhabitants of the vast arid and semi-arid zones. Using case studies of the Tswana and the San, the interlacustrine pastoralists, the Masai and Mursi of East Africa, and the multi-ethnic regional systems of Lak
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|30 pages
Introduction
part Two|56 pages
Cattle and Culture: Domestic Animals as Value and Sign
part Three|56 pages
Exchange, Ecology and the "Common Economy"
part Four|76 pages
Warfare, Expansion and Pastoral Ethnicity
part Five|45 pages
Hierarchy and Inequality in Regional Systems
part Six|28 pages
Conclusion
