Nomadism in South Asia
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Nomadism in South Asia
（Oxford in India readings in sociology and social anthropology）（Oxford India paperbacks）
Oxford University Press, 2008, c2003
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Summary: Contributed essays
Includes bibliographical references (p. [468]-527) and index
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South Asia is home to the world's largest nomadic population. Focusing on nomadic societies in the region, this reader brings together essays, which illustrate how large sections of rural South Asians have long been dynamic, mobile, and resilient. The essays look at a wide variety of ecological, economic, and political settings. They cover three types of nomads--animal husbanders, including hunters and gatherers, peripatetic traders, and entertainers. Treating migration as their core point of reference, the authors cover a wide range of issues and approaches, from historical to contemporary ethnographic perspectives. They also discuss what it means to be nomadic today and the future possibilities for such societies.
Table of Contents
- PREFACE, LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES, INTRODUCTION, I. NOMADIC SETTINGS AND FRONTIERS: ASPECTS AND PERSPECTIVES
- 1) THE HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK OF NOMADISM IN SOUTH ASIA: A BRIEF OVERVIEW (MICHAEL J. CASIMIR AND APARNA RAO)
- 2) THE DEVELOPMENT OF KALAT KHANATE (NINA SWIDLER)
- 3) PASTORAL NOMADISM IN A WEST HIMALAYAN VALLEY: SUSTAINABILITY AND HERD MANAGEMENT (MICHAEL J. CASIMIR)
- 4) SERVICING THE ORDINARY FOLK: PERIPATETIC PEOPLES AND THEIR NICHE IN SOUTH ASIA (JOSEPH C. BERLAND)
- 5) BICULTURAL OSCILLATION AS A LONG-TERM ADAPTATION TO CULTURAL FRONTIERS: CASES AND QUESTIONS (PETER M. GARDNER)
- II. NOMADISM, RESOURCES, AND RIGHTS TO ACCESS
- 6) HUNTER-GATHERERS AND THE POLITICS OF ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA (G. PRAKASH REDDY)
- 7) ACCESS TO PASTURE: CONCEPTS, CONSTRAINTS, AND PRACTICE IN THE KASHMIR HIMALAYAS (APARNA RAO)
- 8) POLICY, PROPERTY, AND ACCESS: SHEPHERD LAND-USE IN THE WESTERN HIMALAYAS (VASANT K. SABERWAL)
- 9) BOUNDARIES, OBLIGATIONS, AND RECIPROCITY: LEVELS OF TERRITORIALITY AMONG THE CHOLANAICKAN OF SOUTH INDIA (B. ANANDA BHANU)
- III. THE PRACTICE OF MIGRATION: A SPECTRUM OF ADAPTATIONS
- 10) THE ORGANIZATION OF TRANSHUMANCE IN THE NEPAL HIMALAYAS: SHERPA YAK-KEEPING IN KHUMBU (BARBARA BROWER)
- 11) VERTICALITY, MULTIPLE RESOURCE UTILIZATION, AND SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY IN THE KARAKORAM MOUNTAINS: THE CASE OF THE TRANSHUMANT HUNZAKUT (H.M. SIDKY)
- 12) TRADE IN FAR WEST NEPAL: THE ECONOMIC ADAPTATION OF THE PERIPATETIC HUMLI-KHYAMPA (HANNA RAUBER-SCHWEIZER)
- 13) THE DHANGAR: A NOMADIC PASTORAL COMMUNITY IN A DEVELOPING AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT (GUNTHER-DIETZ SONTHEIMER)
- 14) BANJARAS (C.H. CHILDERS)
- 15) INDIGENOUS DECISION-MAKING AND HIERARCHY IN MIGRATING PASTORALIST COLLECTIVES: THE RAIKA OF WESTERN INDIA (ARUN AGARWAL)
- 16) CONFLICTS AND RELATIONS OF POWER BETWEEN PERIPATETICS AND VILLAGERS IN SOUTH ASIA (ROBERT M. HAYDEN)
- REFERENCES, INDEX, NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
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