Nomads and the Outside World

This is the first paperback edition of Anatoly M. Khazanov's famous comparative study of pastoral nomadism. Hailed by reviewers as "majestic and magisterial,"Nomads and the Outside Worldwas first published in English in 1984. With the author's new introduction and an updated bibliography, this classic is now available in an edition accessible to students.

Anatoly M. Khazanov is professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was formerly a senior scholar at the Institute of Ethnography, Academy of Sciences of the U.S. S. R., in Moscow and professor of social anthropology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The author of nine books and more than 100 articles, he is a Fellow of the British Academy.

Foreword

ix

Ernest Gellner

Acknowledgments

xxvii

Introduction to the second edition

xxix

Introduction The phenomenon of nomadism: myths and problems

1

(14)

Nomadism as a distinct form of food-producing economy

15

(70)

What is nomadism?

15

(2)

The basic forms of pastoralism

17

(8)

The species-composition of herds

25

(3)

Size of herds

28

(5)

Nature of the utilization of ecological zones

33

(3)

Character of pastoral migrations

36

(2)

Nature of the utilization of the products of pastoral economies and dietary systems

38

(1)

The main types of pastoral nomadism

39

(29)

Problems of balance and the non-autarky of the pastoral economy

68

(17)

The origins of pastoral nomadism

85

(34)

The social preconditions of the relations between nomads and the outside world

119

(79)

Native model, theoretical model and reality

119

(4)

The problem of ownership in nomadic societies

123

(3)

Family, household and community in nomadic societies

126

(12)

Kinship and descent in nomadic societies

138

(6)

Segmentary systems in nomadic societies

144

(4)

The upper levels of sociopolitical organization in nomadic societies

148

(4)

Property-inequality and social differentiation in nomadic societies

152

(12)

Nomadic chiefdoms

164

(5)

The theme and its variations

169

(29)

Modes of nomadic adaptation to the outside world

198

(30)

Sedentarization

198

(4)

Trade and mediatory trade

202

(10)

Submission and the different forms of the dependence of nomads on sedentary societies

212

(10)

Subjugation, and the different forms of the dependence of sedentary societies on nomads

222

(6)

Nomads and the state

228

(75)

Nomadic statehood and the conditions of its emergence

228

(3)

Main types and tendencies of the emergence and evolution of nomadic statehood

231

(2)

The Eurasian steppes, semi-deserts and deserts

233

(30)

The Middle East

263

(11)

The Near East

274

(16)

East Africa

290

(5)

Conclusions

295

(8)

By way of a conclusion: the outside world and nomads

303

(69)

Abbreviations

305

(2)

Bibliography

307

(49)

Works in languages other than Russian

307

(24)

Works in Russian

331

(25)

Bibliography to the second edition

356

(16)

Works in western languages

356

(13)

Works in Russian

369

(3)

Index

372

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