Nomads of South Siberia : the pastoral economies of Tuva /

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Main Author: Vaĭnshteĭn, S. I. (Sevʹi︠a︡n Izrailevich)
Other Authors: Humphrey, Caroline
Format: Book
Language:English
Russian
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge Univ. Press, 1980.
Series:Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 25.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine derived contents note: Preface: an introduction to the peoples and history of Tuva; Introduction: Tuva - the natural setting; 1. Pastoralism and forms of nomadism; 2. Forms of travel and migration; 3. Sayan reindeer-herding and the origins of reindeer-herding in Eurasia; 4. The agricultural tradition of the nomads; 5. Appropriative economic forms among the Tuvinian nomads in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; 6. Domestic crafts and exchange in Tuva. The nature and importance of craft technology for the nomads; 7. Social relations; Notes; Principal archive sources and museum collections; Bibliography; Index.