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Cursed If You Do, Cursed If You Don’t

The Contradictory Processes of Pastoral Sedentarization in Northern Kenya

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As Pastoralists Settle

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Public Administration, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 13244

    John Mcpeak (Assistant Professor)

  2. Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, 211 Lafferty Hall, Lexington, Kentucky, 40506-0024

    Peter D. Little (Professor)

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  1. Department of Anthropology, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 01063

    Elliot Fratkin (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3050, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, V8W 3P5

    Eric Abella Roth (Professor) (Professor)

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Mcpeak, J., Little, P.D. (2005). Cursed If You Do, Cursed If You Don’t. In: Fratkin, E., Roth, E.A. (eds) As Pastoralists Settle. Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48595-8_5

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