The Culture Areas of the Middle East -- The Ecology and Politics of Nomadic Pastoralists in the Middle East -- The Environmental Adaptation of Nomads in the West African Sahel: A Key to Understanding Prehistoric Pastoralists -- Ecology and Social Organization Among Nigerian Fulbe (Fulani) -- Characteristic Features of Nomadic Communities in the Eurasian Steppes -- The Problem of Origin and Formation of the Economic-Cultural Type of Pastoral Nomads in the Moderate Belt of Eurasia -- Ethnic Communities with Survivals of Clan and Tribal Structure in Central Asia and Kazakhstan in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- Early Elements in the Ethnogenesis of the Uzbeks -- Historical Stratification of Generic and Tribal Names and Their Role in the Ethnogenetic Study of Turkic Peoples of Eastern Europe, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia -- Some Basic Problems of the Ethnogenesis of the Turkmen -- Family-Group, Family, and Individual Property Categories Among Nomads -- The Formation of National Cadres of Industrial Workers in Cattle-Breeding Districts of the Soviet Eastern Republics: The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic -- The History of Sovereignty Among the Kel Ahaggar -- The Traditional Power of the Mósì Nānámtsè of Upper Volta -- Conservatism and Change in a Desert Feudalism: The Case of Southern Baluchistan -- Kinship Terminology and Feudal Versus Tribal Orientations in Baluch Social Organization: A Comparative View -- The Promotion of Suzerainty Between Sedentary and Nomadic Populations in Eastern Ethiopia -- Biased Symbiosis on the Tana River -- Changes in the Family Structure of the Pamir Nationalities in the Years of Socialist Construction -- Problems of Social Change Among the Asiatic Nomads -- The Segmental System: Native Model or Anthropological Construction? Discussion of an Iranian Example -- The Gnawa of Morocco: The Derdeba Ceremony.

Marriage and Marriage Rites Among the Kazakhs in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- Interaction of Cultures Among Peoples of the U.S.S.R. -- Ethnic Traditions in Agriculture in the Northern Caucasus -- Settlement and Traditional Social Institutions of the Formerly Nomadic Kazakh People -- Patronymy Among the Peoples of the Caucasus -- Tradition and Innovation in Family Rites in the Northern Caucasus -- Cultural Diversity, Conflicting Ideologies, and Transformational Processes in Afghanistan -- The Mimouna Festival Among the Moroccan Jews -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Names of Places.