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Hunters, clients and squatters: the contemporary socioeconomic status of the Botswana Basarwa
African Study Monographs • 9 (3) • Published In 1989 • Pages: 109-151
By: Biesele, Megan, Guenther, Mathias Georg, Hitchcock, Robert K., Lee, Richard B., MacGregor, Jean.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source examines the past and present socioeconomic situation of the Basarwa (San and other associated groups), primarily through case studies of five Basarwa communities. The communities include Dobe, Kauri, Ghanzi, Bere, and Nata and represent subsistence patterns ranging from mobile, hunting and gathering groups to settled agropastoralism. Other topics that receive brief attention are San consciousness, and legal, political, and environmental issues affecting the Basarwa.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Cultural participation
- Community structure
- External relations
- Public welfare
- Labor relations
- External trade
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- San
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Gerald Reid ; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1890-1978
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Botswana
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Megan Biesele, Mathias Guenther, Robert Hitchcock, Richard Lee, and Jean MacGregor
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-151)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82641558
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)