Hunters, Pastoralists and Ranchers: Reindeer Economies and Their Transformations

by Tim Ingold

Book Overview

Throughout the northern circumpolar tundras and forests, and over many millennia, human populations have based their livelihood wholly or in part upon the exploitation of a single animal species-the reindeer. Yet some are hunters, others pastoralists, while today traditional pastoral economies are being replaced by a commercially oriented ranch industry. In this book, drawing on ethnographic material from North America and Eurasia, Tim Ingold explains...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521358876
• ISBN13: 9780521358873
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"