As pastoral nomads become settled, they face social, spatial, and ecological change in the
shift from herding to farming, toward integration into the market economy. This book …

Within the State of Israel, in the Negev desert, there are approximately 16,000 Bedouin.
They are organized on a tribal basis; pastoralism is one of the major sources of income …

Only seldom can pastoral nomads and state governments reach an agreement over
locational issues and resource utilization. While governments attempt to impose their control …

There are a number of causes for the Negev Bedouin's transition from pastoralism to
agriculture. Most important are the rising economic, political and military power of the states …

In the past sheep-rearing was the main means of existence for most Bedouin. Today it is
developing in a new direction. For some it is as important as ever, for others it has become …

The paper examines the nature of indigenous identity among Bedouin Arabs in
Negev/Naqab, Israel, against a background of conceptual, legal and political controversy. It …

Borzu Qermezi was the headman and political leader of a group of nomadic pastoralists who
were part of the Qashqa'i confederacy of southwest Iran. Proud, complex, strong-willed, witty …

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Revolutions in the Desert investigates the development of pastoral nomadism in the arid
regions of the ancient Near East, challenging the prevailing notion that such societies left …

The resettlement of the Negev Bedouin (Israel) has been wrought with controversy since its
inception in the 1960s. Presenting evidence from a two-decade period, the author …