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REVISITING PASTORALISM AND MARKETING IN EAST AFRICA
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African Studies Review
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April 1, 2008
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REVISITING PASTORALISM AND MARKETING IN EAST AFRICA John G. McPeak and Peter D. Little, eds. Pastoral Livestock Marketing in Eastern Africa: Research and Policy Challenges. Bourton on Dunsmore, Rugby, Warwickshire, U.K.: Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd., 2006. xxiv + 288 pp. Maps. Tables. Figures. Notes. References. Index. $34.95. Paper.
The study of pastoralism is replete with prejudices masquerading as sci- ence - prejudices that have influenced generations of government officials, development planners, and academic theorists. Addressing the inflamma- tory belief that pastoral herd accumulation leads to range degradation and desertification, the "new range ecology" has ...
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