What it means to be a herdsman : the practice and image of reindeer husbandry among the Komi of northern Russia

This thesis explores the social, economic and political aspects of reindeer husbandry among the Komi, a people living in the north of European Russia. Taking agency as an initial concept, successive chapters examine how agency can be understood in various domains: the reindeer-herding unit and enter...

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Main Author: Habeck, Joachim Erich Otto
Published: University of Cambridge 2003
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.620049