Living on the Margins: Livelihood Strategies of Bedouin Herd-Owners in the Northern Negev, Israel

Human Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 567-591

  Ginguld, Michael ^a   Perevolotsky, Avi ^a   Ungar, Eugene D ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bedouin; Herd management; Household data; Israel; Pastoral economy

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; BEDOUIN PEOPLE; COPING STRATEGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HERDING PRACTICES; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTORALISM;

ISRAEL, NEGEV;

EID: 0031402244     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021833907673     Document Type: Article

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