Cultivating pastoralists: Ecology and economy among the II Chamus of Baringo, 1840-1980

The Ecology of Survival: Case Studies From Northeast African History

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 241-260

  Anderson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85085455392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780429310249-12     Document Type: Chapter

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