essay
Capital, investment and the social structure of a pastoral nomad group in south Persia
Capital, saving and credit in peasant societies: studies from Asia, Oceania, the Caribbean and Middle America • Chicago • Published In 1969 • Pages: 69-81, 387-393
By: Barth, Fredrik.
Abstract
This article discusses the nature of pastoral economy of the Basseri tribe of Fars, Iran, and its implications for social strcuture.
- Subjects
- Domesticated animals
- Pastoral activities
- Annual cycle
- Property in movables
- Inheritance
- Credit
- Saving and investment
- Contracts
- Community heads
- culture
- Basseri
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Social Anthropologist
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi A. Adem ; 2005
- Field Date
- 1958
- Coverage Date
- 1958
- Coverage Place
- Fars Province, Iran
- Notes
- By Frederik Barth
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-393)
- LCCN
- 63022318
- LCSH
- Baseri tribe