A History of Land Use in Mongolia: Introduction
Endicott, Elizabeth
2015-11-26 00:00:00
[Why write a history of land use in Mongolia? Certainly it would be worth correcting the popular misconception of nomads “roaming” or “wandering” across the steppes of Inner Asia, a notion that still prevails as I found every spring while teaching my “Nomads of Eurasia” course at Middlebury College. Any nomadic group that moves its herds without carefully planned migratory routes with sufficient water and pastureland along the way would be doomed. In spite of the much repeated stereotype in Chinese and other sedentary historical sources that nomads “wandered in search of water and grass,” the truth is that pastoral nomadic societies in Central Eurasian history have been very well organized to survive—and at times thrive—in the inhospitable deserts and grasslands of this part of the world. At the very least, this book may dispel for once and all the notion that nomads aimlessly “wander” in a sort of timeless haze impenetrable to historical analysis.]
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[Why write a history of land use in Mongolia? Certainly it would be worth correcting the popular misconception of nomads “roaming” or “wandering” across the steppes of Inner Asia, a notion that still prevails as I found every spring while teaching my “Nomads of Eurasia” course at Middlebury College. Any nomadic group that moves its herds without carefully planned migratory routes with sufficient water and pastureland along the way would be doomed. In spite of the much repeated stereotype in Chinese and other sedentary historical sources that nomads “wandered in search of water and grass,” the truth is that pastoral nomadic societies in Central Eurasian history have been very well organized to survive—and at times thrive—in the inhospitable deserts and grasslands of this part of the world. At the very least, this book may dispel for once and all the notion that nomads aimlessly “wander” in a sort of timeless haze impenetrable to historical analysis.]
Published: Nov 26, 2015
Keywords: Mining Company; Chinese Worker; Pastoral Nomadism; Goat Herd; Mineral Wealth
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