Once Intrepid Warriors

<p>Once Intrepid Warriors advances a brilliantly persuasive critique of development among the Maasai. . . . This historical ethnography is a tour de force counter-balancing the analysis of cultural political and socio-economic transformation over the longue duree with intimate and memorable portraits of representative individuals. --Richard Werbner<br /><br />In a series of chapters on the interrelationships of ethnicity gender and 'modernity ' Hodgson concludes that it is not the Maasai who have remained static but rather the external images of them. --Choice<br /><br />. . . meticulous and well-documented . . . a valuable resource. . . . --Africa</p>