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Cattle, women, and wells : managing household survival in the Sahel

Title
Cattle, women, and wells : managing household survival in the Sahel / Camilla Toulmin.
Author
Toulmin, Camilla.
Publication
Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

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Book/TextUse in library DT551.45.B35 T68 1992Off-site

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Description
xiii, 295 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Subject
  • Bambara (African people) > Agriculture
  • Bambara (African people) > Domestic animals
  • Bambara (African people) > Social conditions
  • Agriculture > Economic aspects > Mali > Kala
  • Cattle > Economic aspects > Mali > Kala
  • Human ecology > Mali > Kala
  • Agriculture > Economic aspects
  • Cattle > Economic aspects
  • Economic history
  • Human ecology
  • Social conditions
  • Bambara
  • Landwirtschaft
  • Tierhaltung
  • Überlebensstrategie
  • Waterbronnen
  • Bambara (volk)
  • Vee
  • Huishoudingen
  • Landbouw
  • Vrouwenarbeid
  • Antropologische aspecten
  • Household production > Mali
  • Tenure types, Traditional > Mali
  • Economic conditions > Mali
  • Social conditions > Mali
  • Kala (Mali) > Economic conditions
  • Kala (Mali) > Social conditions
  • Mali > Kala
  • Bambara
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p.[284]-288) and index.
Contents
1: Introduction -- Pt. I: The Village Setting. 2: Background to the Village of Kala. 3: Climate, Cultivation, and Household Income -- Pt. II: Farm Production. 4: The Farming System. 5: Millet-production Analysis. 6: Returns to Farming -- Pt. III: Farm Investment. 7: Introduction. 8: Well-digging. 9: Oxen Plough Teams. 10: Investment in Cattle-breeding Stock. 11: Farm-investment Strategies -- Pt. IV: Managing the Family. 12: Fertility and Child-rearing. 13: Marriage. 14: Bambara Household Organization -- Pt. V: Conclusions. 15: Conclusions -- Appendix: Levelling Mechanisms within Bambara Society.
ISBN
  • 0198290063
  • 9780198290063
LCCN
92000926
OCLC
  • ocm25281486
  • 25281486
  • SCSB-1972766
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library