Contradictory evidence as a guide for future research: Investigating the relationship between pastoral labour and production

Nomadic Peoples

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-71

  Næss, Marius Warg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Households; Labour; Nomadic pastoralism; Production; Review

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NOMADIC PEOPLE; PASTORALISM;

EID: 78651305209     PISSN: 08227942     EISSN: 17522366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/np.2010.140104     Document Type: Article

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