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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of rendering nomadic; adoption of a nomadic life.
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For a model of sedentarization as a processual, voluntary, and flexible response to changing local circumstances, see Salzman (1980), p. 14, which is useful because it prompts a reciprocal characterization of nomadization and its forms as adaptive strategies rather than teleologically.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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For more on nomadization specifically, see Khazanov, ch.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Note 7: Incidents of nomadization such as that experienced by Muhin Shah are far less frequently discussed in anthropological literature than episodes of sedentarization.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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