Cattle, women, and wells : managing household survival in the Sahel
- Title
- Cattle, women, and wells : managing household survival in the Sahel / Camilla Toulmin.
- Published by
- Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
- Author
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Details
- 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
- 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.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p.[284]-288) and index.