| Eaters Of The Dry Season: Circular Labor Migration In The West African Sahel Revised Edition Contributor(s): Rain, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813338727 ISBN-13: 9780813338729 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: The first book-length treatment of the subject, Eaters of the Dry Season explores the changing geography of seasonal mobility in the critical region of the African Sahel. Author David Rain focuses on the strategies and the stories of migrants in Maradi, a border town in southern Niger, against a contextual backdrop of demographic, ecological, and political-economic changes in the region. The author finds that instead of being desperate harbingers of future disorder, seasonal migrants are simply resourceful -- and sometimes restless -- people who realize the benefits of spreading interests and activities around. In the words of one migrant, some people "just like it better going away". |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 331.127 |
| Lexile Measure: 1400 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.09" W x 8.86" (0.81 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A remarkable blend of geography, demography, sociology, development economics, history, cultural anthropology, ecology, politics, sharia (Muslim religious law), and government policies.... This book dispels many misconceptions and is an education in itself. Choice |
