• List of Tables List of Figures Introduction Chapter 1. World Systems and Local Processes Chapter 2. Masalit History, Society and Culture The Masalit and Their NeighborsPolitical History and OrganizationLocal Social OrganizationFamily and HouseholdSummaryChapter 3. Dar Masalit in Context: Environment, Ecology and Demography The Physical Environment: Rainfall and GroundwaterRainfall TrendsDesertification and the Sahelian DroughtRegional Variation in Dar MasalitThe GozThe Far NorthThe SouthDemographyThe Research SiteSummaryChapter 4. Production and Exchange IntroductionThe Domestic EconomyWomen's Daily Domestic ActivitiesWomen's Occasional or Discretionary ActivitiesMen's Domestic ActivitiesAgricultureCropsThe Labor CycleAgricultural SoilsLand Use According to Soil TypeOther FactorsThe Maintenance of FertilityYields and Economic ReturnsOrchards and Wadi GardensSummaryLivestockManufacturing and Service ActivitiesLow Capital ActivitiesHigh Capital ActivitiesTradeHistory of TradeMarket StructureSmall TradeMerchantsConclusionMigrationEarly MigrationIncreasing Numbers of MigrantsPushes and PullsMigrant Destinations and OccupationsMigration and Market IncorporationConclusionChapter 5. Assets and Resources Land: The Development of Scarcity and its Effect on RightsCurrent Patterns of Land Access and DistributionLaborCashInequality, Past and PresentClasses, Nascent Classes, or No-classes?SummaryChapter 6. The Transformation of Masalit Economy and Society Notes References Index

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