From Camel To Truck
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From Camel To Truck
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Author : Dawn Chatty
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-01
From Camel To Truck written by Dawn Chatty and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01 with Social Science categories.
A CLASSIC STUDY OF CULTURAL ENDURANCE AND RADICAL CHANGE IN THE ARABIAN DESERT The Bedouin tribes of Northern Arabia have lived thousands of years as pastoralists, migrating across the semi-arid badia in search of graze and browse for their herds. Romantic images of Bedouin - black tents, robed Arabs and camels - still persist. However, mobile pastoral livelihoods have come under pressure to change in recent years. The modern nation-states of the Middle East view pastoralism as anachronistic and encourage Bedouin to become settled cultivators. An even more dramatic shift has taken place within the last few decades: the Bedouin have traded in their camels as beasts of burden in favour of the half-ton truck. The ship of the desert is now a Toyota, Datsun, Nissan or General Motors pick-up. Nevertheless, many Bedouin continue to herd livestock - sheep, goat and camel - at the same time as engaging in new economic activities. They have been open to remarkable change whilst firmly holding onto their culture, and their traditional moral and value systems. The truck has allowed many the possibility of interacting with the region's modern economy while still pursuing their mobile pastoral livelihoods. Extensive field research underlies anthropologist Dawn Chatty's comprehensive study. She examines contemporary Bedouin society of Lebanon and Syria in the contexts of history, economy and political and moral culture. She details the consequences of motorized transport for this community - and she draws some surprising conclusions about its future viability.
From Camel To Truck
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Author : Dawn Chatty
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
From Camel To Truck written by Dawn Chatty and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with categories.
Angry Wind
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Author : Jeffrey Tayler
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2005
Angry Wind written by Jeffrey Tayler and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Religion categories.
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In The Footsteps Of The Camel
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Stacey International
Release Date : 1983
In The Footsteps Of The Camel written by and has been published by Stacey International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Social Science categories.
Desert Voices
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Author : Moneera Al-Ghadeer
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2009-05-30
Desert Voices written by Moneera Al-Ghadeer and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-30 with Literary Collections categories.
The Bedouin, or 'desert dwellers', have a rich cultural heritage often expressed through music and poetry. Here, Moneera Al-Ghadeer provides us with the first comparative reading of women's oral poetry from Saudi Arabia. She examines women's lyrics of love, desire, mourning and grievance. We come to understand Bedouin mores and - most significantly - the unique description of a desert that is consistently held to be infinite, evocative, stimulating and an eternal freedom. As the first English translation and analysis of this poetry, "Desert Voices" is both a gesture to preserving the oral poetic tradition of Bedouin women and a radical critique addressing the exclusion of their poetry from current academic literary studies. The book provides invaluable material for reflection in the debates around oral culture and women's poetic composition while it translates, presents and critically examins a genre, which opens Arabic poetry and literature to contemporary theory and criticism.
Environment And Empire
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Author : William Beinart
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2007-10-11
Environment And Empire written by William Beinart and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-11 with History categories.
European imperialism was extraordinarily far-reaching: a key global historical process of the last 500 years. It locked disparate human societies together over a wider area than any previous imperial expansion; it underpinned the repopulation of the Americas and Australasia; it was the precursor of globalization as we now understand it. Imperialism was inseparable from the history of global environmental change. Metropolitan countries sought raw materials of all kinds, from timber and furs to rubber and oil. They established sugar plantations that transformed island ecologies. Settlers introduced new methods of farming and displaced indigenous peoples. Colonial cities, many of which became great conurbations, fundamentally changed relationships between people and nature. Consumer cultures, the internal combustion engine, and pollution are now ubiquitous. Environmental history deals with the reciprocal interaction between people and other elements in the natural world, and this book illustrates the diverse environmental themes in the history of empire. Initially concentrating on the material factors that shaped empire and environmental change, Environment and Empire discusses the way in which British consumers and manufacturers sucked in resources that were gathered, hunted, fished, mined, and farmed. Yet it is also clear that British settler and colonial states sought to regulate the use of natural resources as well as commodify them. Conservation aimed to preserve resources by exclusion, as in wildlife parks and forests, and to guarantee efficient use of soil and water. Exploring these linked themes of exploitation and conservation, this study concludes with a focus on political reassertions by colonised peoples over natural resources. In a post-imperial age, they have found a new voice, reformulating ideas about nature, landscape, and heritage and challenging, at a local and global level, views of who has the right to regulate nature.
Thorn Flowers And Camel S Milk
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Author : James Naylor
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2001-04
Thorn Flowers And Camel S Milk written by James Naylor and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-04 with Fiction categories.
"How long do you intend to keep this up and what are you trying to pull?" Mazzini asked, his voice trembling with anger. "These are supposed to be your friends and we are not supposed to be captives any more. Still we get herded into this place, without food or water or a bed. Besides it stinks of sheep. If I ever get to some authorities it is going to be over for you and your friends. What are you up to with that woman? I should never have let you get me into this" Hawkes is a specialist on a development project. He is recruited to take two men to the project area to review the project work; which is not at all what the two men whom he takes out are interested in. They are intelligence agents and get Hawkes into a series or mishaps. Hawkes is neither macho nor a hero and the mishaps he becomes involved in are those that overtake him while he is running from a previous mishap.
The Land Of The Camel Tents And Temples Of Inner Mongolia
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Author : Schuyler Cammann
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2013-04-16
The Land Of The Camel Tents And Temples Of Inner Mongolia written by Schuyler Cammann and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-16 with Travel categories.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Desert Road Archaeology In Ancient Egypt And Beyond
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Author : Heiko Riemer
language : en
Publisher: Heinrich-Barth-Institut
Release Date : 2013-01-01
Desert Road Archaeology In Ancient Egypt And Beyond written by Heiko Riemer and has been published by Heinrich-Barth-Institut this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with categories.
Syria 1945 1986 Rle Syria
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Author : Derek Hopwood
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-26
Syria 1945 1986 Rle Syria written by Derek Hopwood and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-26 with Social Science categories.
Syria has often lacked sympathetic observers. This book tries to interpret the country and its people in terms of how they see their own history and of what they are trying to achieve. More than a political or diplomatic history, it discusses the economy, society, education and culture to help the reader understand and explain modern Syria. A description of the country deals with the physical and other factors which have influenced Syria’s development. An historical survey concentrates mainly on the period after the Second World War and explains why a knowledge of Syrian history is important and why Syrians look at their history in the way they do. The achievements, problems and failures of President Asad are fully discussed. Further chapters explain the ideological factors which have been of vital importance in Syrian politics, the development of education, the economy and society. The author looks at examples of contemporary Syrian literature and the way in which writers view the problems of their society and culture. This is a clear, succinct and readable account of modern Syria which will be essential for all those studying the Middle East, the developing world or international relations.