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Introduction Martha Mundy and Basim Musallam; 1. Environment anddevelopment Paul Sanlaville; 2. The emergence of agriculture, animalhusbandry and pastoral Nomadism in the Near East Jacques Cauvin; 3.Prehistoric and historic pastoral strategies in the Syrian Steppe A. V. G.Betts and K. W. Russell; 4. The Syrian Steppe during the last century ofOttoman rule: Hawran and the Palmyrena Norman Lewis; 5. Nomadic territory asa factor in defining Arabia's boundaries J. C. Wilkinson; 6. French Mandatepolicy in the Syrian Steppe Christian Velud; 7. State politics and Beduinadaptations in Saudi Arabia, 1900-1980 Ugo Fabietti; 8. The politics of ruralpolicy in East Jordan, 1920-1989 Tariq Tall; 9. Government policy andprotective systems in the arid regions of Syria since the 1930s RonaldJaubert; 10. Shaykhs, peasants and party comrades: political change inNorthern Syria Sulayman N. Khalaf; 11. The extension of sheep-rearing andagriculture in the Syrian Steppe Francoise Metral; 12. Production and tradein North Central Arabia: change and development in 'Unayzah Donald P. Coleand Soraya Altorki; 13. The destruction of resources among the mountainNomads of Dhofar Jorg Janzen; 14. Strategies for the improvement of thecultivated zone M. J. Jones; 15. Linkages between livestock and agriculturalsystems in Syria T. T. Treacher; 16. International organisations and thesettlement of Nomads in the Arab Middle East, 1950-1990 Riccardo Bocco; ABibliographic note: social science and Beduin societies in the ArabianPeninsula and the Near East Riccardo Bocco; Bibliography.