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Suzman, James.
Subjects
San (African people).
!Kung (African people) -- Namibia -- History.
!Kung (African people) -- Social conditions.
!Kung (African people) -- Cultural assimilation.
Subsistence economy -- Namibia.
South Africa -- History.
Namibia -- Race relations.
Nyae Nyae (Namibia) -- Social conditions.
Omaheke (Namibia) -- Social conditions.
Blacks -- Namibia -- Social conditions.
Namibia -- Economic conditions.
Namibia -- Social conditions.
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Suzman, James.
San (African people).
!Kung (African people) -- Namibia -- History.
!Kung (African people) -- Social conditions.
!Kung (African people) -- Cultural assimilation.
Subsistence economy -- Namibia.
South Africa -- History.
Namibia -- Race relations.
Nyae Nyae (Namibia) -- Social conditions.
Omaheke (Namibia) -- Social conditions.
Blacks -- Namibia -- Social conditions.
Namibia -- Economic conditions.
Namibia -- Social conditions.
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Affluence without abundance : the disappearing world of the bushmen / James Suzman.
by
Suzman, James.
Bloomsbury, 2017.
Call #:
968.00496 S968a
Subjects
San (
African
people
).
!
Kung
(
African
people
)
--
Namibia
--
History
.
!
Kung
(
African
people
)
--
Social conditions.
!
Kung
(
African
people
)
--
Cultural assimilation.
Subsistence economy
--
Namibia
.
South Africa
--
History
.
Namibia
--
Race relations.
Nyae Nyae (
Namibia
)
--
Social conditions.
Omaheke (
Namibia
)
--
Social conditions.
Blacks
--
Namibia
--
Social conditions.
Namibia
--
Economic conditions.
Namibia
--
Social conditions.
ISBN:
9781632865724 (hc.)
Description:
xii, 297 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index.
Contents:
Part one: Old times
--
The rewards of hard work
--
The mother hill
--
A beachside brawl
--
The settlers
--
Living in the moment
--
Tsumkwe Road
--
Part two: The provident environment
--
the hollow tree
--
Strong food
--
An elephant hunt
--
Pinnacle Point
--
A gift from God
--
Hunting and empathy
--
Insulting the meat
--
Part three: New times
--
When lions become dangerous
--
Fear and farming
--
Cattle country
--
Crazy gods
--
The promised land.
Summary:
"A vibrant portrait of the "original affluent society" - the Bushmen of southern Africa - by the anthropologist who has spent much of the last twenty-five years documenting their encounter with modernity. If the success of a civilization is measured by its endurance over time, then the Bushmen of the Kalahari are by far the most successful in human
history
. A hunting and gathering
people
who made a good living by working only as much as needed to exist in harmony with their hostile desert environment, the Bushmen have lived in southern Africa since the evolution of our species nearly two hundred thousand years ago. Anthropologist James Suzman brings to life a proud and private
people
, introducing unforgettable members of their tribe, and telling the story of the collision between the modern global economy and the oldest hunting and gathering society on earth. In rendering an intimate picture of a
people
coping with radical change, it asks profound questions about how we now think about matters such as work, wealth, equality, contentment, and even time. Not since Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's The Harmless
People
in 1959 has anyone provided a more intimate or insightful account of the Bushmen or of what we might learn about ourselves from our shared
history
as hunter-gatherers. James Suzman, Ph.D., is an anthropologist specializing in the Khoisan peoples of southern Africa. He lives in Cambridge, England."--Provided by publisher.
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