The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East

The editors bring together an international team of contributors consisting of archaeologists geographers historians anthropologists and agronomists in a penetrating account of the transformation of nomadic society. The chapters provide an integrated analysis of the changing relations of ecology economy and socio-political organization in the steppes of the central Middle East documenting the longue-dure of history alongside the rapid transformations in the twentieth century. This is an accessible and interactive book that will attract readers from a variety of disciplines including environmental and development issues.