Human Biology of Pastoral Populations
«Review of the hardback: '… this is the fullest coverage, to my knowledge, of the human biology of pastoralists … this is a very interesting and unique overview of issues pertaining to human biology among pastoralists, and covers a wide range of themes and geographical areas … it does add considerable breadth to our understanding of the dynamics of contemporary pastoralist populations.' Annals of Human Biology»
Animal-herding (pastoralism) is a subsistence strategy that is practised by populations of low-producing ecosystems worldwide. Increasingly, it is vanishing due to land pressure and ecological degradation, particularly in the developing world. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cambridge University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780521081634
- Utgivelsesår
- 2008
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
Anmeldelser
«Review of the hardback: '… this is the fullest coverage, to my knowledge, of the human biology of pastoralists … this is a very interesting and unique overview of issues pertaining to human biology among pastoralists, and covers a wide range of themes and geographical areas … it does add considerable breadth to our understanding of the dynamics of contemporary pastoralist populations.' Annals of Human Biology»
«Review of the hardback: '… this volume of high quality papers will be of most interest and reward to the specialists in nomadic pastoral societies who already have a lot of factual knowledge about these societies.' The Agricultural History Review»