Gideon M. Kressel is Professor of Anthropology and Oriental Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He is the author of several books, including Ascendancy Through Aggression: The Anatomy of a Blood Feud Among Urbanized Bedouins and coeditor (with A. Paul Hare) of Israel as Center Stage: A Setting for Social and Religious Enactments.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Nomadic Pastoralists, Agriculturalists, and the State: Self-Sufficiency and Dependence in the Middle East

2. Changes in Land Usage by the Negev Bedouin since the Mid-Nineteenth Century: The Intratribal Perspective

3. Applied Anthropology, Cultural Survival, and New Directions for the Future of the Negev Bedouin

4. Governmental Policies toward the Bedouin

5. Enhancing the Attractiveness of Shepherding

6. Are Shepherds' Villages Viable?

7. Designing a Shepherd's Village

8. Teach the Children of Judah Sheep!: The Crisis of Small Ruminants Breeding

9. Toward a Better Plan of Action

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