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 World was f
A major book from one of the greatest social scientists now at work.John A. Hall, author of Powers and Liberties A world-renowned anthropologist, Anatoly M. Khazanov offers a witty, insightful, and
This collection explores different forms of property rights in livestock in pastoralist societies. Editors Khazanov (emeritus, anthropology, U. of Wisconsin-Madison, US) and Schlee (director, Max Plan
Studies the role played by nomads in the political, linguistic, socio-economic and cultural development of the sedentary world around them. Spans regions from Hungary to Africa, India and China, and p
These studies examine the ways in which succeeding democratic regimes have dealt with, or have ignored (and in several cases sugar-coated) an authoritarian or totalitarian past from 1943 to the presen
These studies examine the ways in which succeeding democratic regimes have dealt with, or have ignored (and in several cases sugar-coated) an authoritarian or totalitarian past from 1943 to the presen
