The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East

• Introduction Martha Mundy and Basim Musallam; 1. Environment and development Paul Sanlaville; 2. The emergence of agriculture, animal husbandry and pastoral Nomadism in the Near East Jacques Cauvin; 3. Prehistoric and historic pastoral strategies in the Syrian Steppe A. V. G. Betts and K. W. Russell; 4. The Syrian Steppe during the last century of Ottoman rule: Hawran and the Palmyrena Norman Lewis; 5. Nomadic territory as a factor in defining Arabia's boundaries J. C. Wilkinson; 6. French Mandate policy in the Syrian Steppe Christian Velud; 7. State politics and Beduin adaptations in Saudi Arabia, 1900–80 Ugo Fabietti; 8. The politics of rural policy in East Jordan, 1920–89 Tariq Tall; 9. Government policy and protective systems in the arid regions of Syria since the 1930s Ronald Jaubert; 10. Shaykhs, peasants and party comrades: political change in Northern Syria Sulayman N. Khalaf; 11. The extension of sheep-rearing and agriculture in the Syrian Steppe Francoise Métral; 12. Production and trade in North Central Arabia: change and development in 'Unayzah Donald P. Cole and Soraya Altorki; 13. The destruction of resources among the mountain Nomads of Dhofar Jorg Janzen; 14. Strategies for the improvement of the cultivated zone M. J. Jones; 15. Linkages between livestock and agricultural systems in Syria T. T. Treacher; 16. International organisations and the settlement of Nomads in the Arab Middle East, 1950–90 Riccardo Bocco; A Bibliographic note: social science and Beduin societies in the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East Riccardo Bocco; Bibliography.

'This excellent collection of articles on the past and present of nomadic society in the Arab east addresses policies of sedentarization, or the means by which nomads are integrated into their wider national communities … It should become required reading for policy-makers and political leaders, specialists and non-specialists alike.' History