Joseph J. Hobbs is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

"[Bedouin Life] succeeds handsomely as a humanist study: beliefs, values, folklore, ethnobiology are nicely treated and the natural habitat is described with a geographer's sensitive eye. It is the best book to date with respect to describing how Bedouin perceive their environment and manage their resources... The book is a fine contribution to Middle East studies, cultural geography, arid lands ecology, and to the ethnographic literature on the Bedouins." Choice "The picture the author provides of the Khushmaan's relation to their land and its scattered riches is convincing... Anthropologists, geographers, and even archaeologists all will find material here to interest them." Middle East Journal

• Foreword by Leo TregenzaPrefaceIntroduction1. The Desert and Its People2. Nomads and Neighbors3. A Desert Livelihood4. Belongings and Beliefs5. The Bedouin Landscape6. A Bedouin Natural History7. Conservation and ConservatismConclusionAppendix I. Bedouin, Latin, and English Plant and Animal NamesNotesBibliographyIndex

Joseph J. Hobbs is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

"[Bedouin Life] succeeds handsomely as a humanist study: beliefs, values, folklore, ethnobiology are nicely treated and the natural habitat is described with a geographer's sensitive eye. It is the best book to date with respect to describing how Bedouin perceive their environment and manage their resources... The book is a fine contribution to Middle East studies, cultural geography, arid lands ecology, and to the ethnographic literature on the Bedouins." Choice "The picture the author provides of the Khushmaan's relation to their land and its scattered riches is convincing... Anthropologists, geographers, and even archaeologists all will find material here to interest them." Middle East Journal

• Foreword by Leo TregenzaPrefaceIntroduction1. The Desert and Its People2. Nomads and Neighbors3. A Desert Livelihood4. Belongings and Beliefs5. The Bedouin Landscape6. A Bedouin Natural History7. Conservation and ConservatismConclusionAppendix I. Bedouin, Latin, and English Plant and Animal NamesNotesBibliographyIndex