Exploring Animal Energy in the Arid Zone: More Camels, Fewer Wheels - Couverture souple

Bulliet, Richard

 
9789087284527: Exploring Animal Energy in the Arid Zone: More Camels, Fewer Wheels
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ISBN 10 : 9087284527 ISBN 13 : 9789087284527
Editeur : Leiden University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Every society has an energy profile, that is, an array of energy sources, ranging in complexity from human power to nuclear fusion, that can be ranked according to their relative importance to that society. From about 4000 BCE onward, animal muscle power becomes integrated into the energy profiles of many societies. The forms this integration takes include riding, carrying burdens, pulling wheeled vehicles and sleighs, operating mills and irrigation devices, and pulling plows, threshing sleds, and other agricultural implements. The use of animal power varies from region to region. These variations can be understood as falling into six discrete zones.
The distinctive features of the arid zone from Morocco to Mongolia constitute the primary focus of this book. Successive chapters deal with caravan trading as a mode of production, the relationship between dairying and the availability of working animals, the spread of hybrid animal breeding (mules, bukhts, dzos) as an economic enterprise, and the integration of pastoral nomadism into the overall economy.

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À propos de l?auteur

Richard W. Bulliet is emeritus professor of history at Columbia University. He is the author of 'Islam: The View from the Edge', 'The Camel and The Wheel' and the editor of 'The Columbia History of the Twentieth Century'.

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Every society has an energy profile, that is, an array of energy sources, ranging in complexity from human power to nuclear fusion, that can be ranked according to their relative importance to that society. From about 4000 BCE onward, animal muscle power becomes integrated into the energy profiles of many societies. The forms this integration takes include riding, carrying burdens, pulling wheeled vehicles and sleighs, operating mills and irrigation devices, and pulling plows, threshing sleds, and other agricultural implements. The use of animal power varies from region to region. These variations can be understood as falling into six discrete zones.
The distinctive features of the arid zone from Morocco to Mongolia constitute the primary focus of this book. Successive chapters deal with caravan trading as a mode of production, the relationship between dairying and the availability of working animals, the spread of hybrid animal breeding (mules, bukhts, dzos) as an economic enterprise, and the integration of pastoral nomadism into the overall economy.

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Éditeur
Leiden University Press
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9087284527
ISBN 13 
9789087284527
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
148
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  9087284187 ISBN 13 :  9789087284183
Editeur : Leiden University Press, 2024
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