Scholz, Fred (trans. Hugh van Skyhawk). Nomadism and colonialism: a hundred years of Baluchistan, 1872-1972.(Book Review) From: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: Lyon, Stephen | COPYRIGHT 2003 Royal Anthropological Institute. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

xviii, 328 pp., maps, figs., tables, bibliogr. Oxford: Univ. Press, 2002. 17.99 [pounds sterling] (cloth)

Fred Scholz's study of nomadism in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan, originally published in German in 1973, is a work of rigorous scholarship. It offers a contribution both to theoretical debate and regional studies. Compared to North West Frontier Province and Punjab, this area has received little attention front social scientists or governments, and anthropol...