Precious steppe : Mongolian nomadic pastoralists in pursuit of the market
"Ole Bruun's research focuses on a community of nomadic livestock herders in present-day Mongolia. The author depicts their transition from a contained, Soviet-era collective to modern times and addresses the most essential conditions for their continued survival and prosperity in the age of the market: the adaptability of their own culture and working strategies, government policy, and international attention. By studying the nomadic practice of animal husbandry in the context of family farms, Bruun points out the similarity to the peasant economy defined by the Russian agricultural economist Alexander Chayanov nearly a century ago
Print Book, English, ©2006
Lexington Books, Lanham, MD, ©2006