Villagers of the Sierra de Gredos - Transhumant Cattle-raisers in Central Spain (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

This volume, a study of a transhumant cattle-raising community in Spain, is based on the extensive fieldwork at La Nava de San Miguel, a village in the province of Avila in central Spain. It shows the social and economic factors upon which the continued vitality of this mountain village is based: the use of communal summer pastures; the transhumant groups which walk the cattle to the winter pastures over the mountains; and the system of taking turns for many tasks within the village. The book analyzes the dichotomy between the more rigid organization of life within the village and the organization of life outside the village, in the transhumant group which goes to the winter pastures in Extramadura.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Mediterranea
Release date:	March 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	William Kavanagh
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	174
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-85496-320-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Rural communities Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Animal husbandry > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General
LSN:	0-85496-320-0
Barcode:	9780854963201

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