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

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

Items in the library and off-site

Filter by

Displaying 1 item

StatusFormatAccessCall numberItem location
StatusFormatTextAccessUse in libraryCall numberDT551.45.B35 T68 1992Item locationOff-site

Details

Description
  1. xiii, 295 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Subject
  1. Bambara (African people) > Agriculture
  2. Bambara (African people) > Domestic animals
  3. Bambara (African people) > Social conditions
  4. Agriculture > Economic aspects > Mali > Kala
  5. Cattle > Economic aspects > Mali > Kala
  6. Human ecology > Mali > Kala
  7. Agriculture > Economic aspects
  8. Cattle > Economic aspects
  9. Economic history
  10. Human ecology
  11. Social conditions
  12. Bambara
  13. Landwirtschaft
  14. Tierhaltung
  15. Überlebensstrategie
  16. Waterbronnen
  17. Bambara (volk)
  18. Vee
  19. Huishoudingen
  20. Landbouw
  21. Vrouwenarbeid
  22. Antropologische aspecten
  23. Household production > Mali
  24. Tenure types, Traditional > Mali
  25. Economic conditions > Mali
  26. Social conditions > Mali
  27. Kala (Mali) > Economic conditions
  28. Kala (Mali) > Social conditions
  29. Mali > Kala
  30. Bambara
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p.[284]-288) and index.