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Nomadic Societies

Nomadic Societies is a social formation characterized by the systematic mobility of communities across territorial landscapes, distinguished from sedentary societies by its adaptive organization of subsistence, kinship, and governance around pastoralism and seasonal migration.

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870

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159

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Publications

979

Nomadic subjects: embodiment and sexual difference in contemporary feminist theory

Rosi Braidotti · Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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Nomads of the Present: Social Movements and Individual Needs in Contemporary Society.

Ron Eyerman, Alberto Melucci, John Keane et al. · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1990 · 2K citations

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Literacy in Traditional Societies

Jan Vansina, Jack Goody · African Historical Studies · 1969 · 1.2K citations

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Pintupi Country, Pintupi Self: Sentiment, Place, and Politics Among Western Desert Aborigines.

Nicolas Peterson, Fiona Myers · Man · 1987 · 928 citations

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Civilizations of the ancient Near East

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 853 citations

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Authors

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    William Honeychurch

    Yale University, United States

    10 publications · 541 citations

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  2. PW
    Paul W. Leslie

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    7 publications · 226 citations

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  3. SG
    Sandra Gray

    University of Kansas, United States

    6 publications · 208 citations

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  4. MA
    Michael A. Little

    Binghamton University, United States

    6 publications · 256 citations

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  5. ES
    Esther Schelling

    Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland

    5 publications · 425 citations

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Institutions

870

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    881 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    371 citations

  3. Mongolian Academy of Sciences

    Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    631 citations

  4. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    497 citations

  5. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    292 citations

  6. National University of Mongolia

    Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    408 citations

  7. University of Nairobi

    Nairobi, Kenya

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    242 citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    603 citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 41 publications · 7.3K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 28 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. Nomadic Peoples

    29 publications · 797 citations

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  4. Antiquity

    13 publications · 630 citations

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  5. American Journal of Physical Anthropology

    12 publications · 377 citations

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