Surviving Drought and Development: Ariaal Pastoralists of Northern Kenya

ISBN-13: 9780367289270 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 152 str.

Elliot Fratkin

Opis

Focusing on one society's responses to famine relief and development efforts, this book is the story of how a people have adapted to, and survived, both natural and human-induced disasters.

Spis treści

The Possibility of Survival -- Ariaal: An Identity of Survival -- Livestock Production and Human Nutrition -- Household and Settlement: Inequality and Egalitarianism in Ariaal Life -- The Impact of the Christian Missions -- The UNESCO-IPAL Project -- Development and Pastoral Production in Kenya -- Conclusion: Things Don't Necessarily Fall Apart

O autorze

Elliot Fratkin is professor of anthropology at Smith College.