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Pastoral Production Systems In Eastern Africa: A Comparative Analysis, Stephen Speranza
Pastoral Production Systems In Eastern Africa: A Comparative Analysis, Stephen Speranza
Masters Theses
This thesis aims at examining variations in pastoral production systems of some Eastern African pastoral societies. It explores interactive models for such variations which focus on specific ecological, socioeconomic and social-structural factors of pastoral production per se. These models highlight some of the factors which create differing degrees of homogeneity or heterogeneity among Eastern African pastoral societies in general.
This problem is of intrinsic interest in anthropology because of the general lack of consensus as to the major factors related to pastoral variations in Eastern Africa or more importantly, in determining which factors are directly responsible for influencing modes of …