Reviews

"Goldstein and Beall have produced another spectacular book . . . . Photography depicting the lives of Mongolia's herding nomads who have survived for centuries in one of the harshest environments on this planet adds a studding effect. The text comes alive as it is illustrated with colorful scenes of nomadic life on nearly every page. But what makes this work more than a mere picture book is substantial ethnographic investigation. . . . The essential contribution of this book is its insight into how national policy changes play out in the lives and livelihood of a little-known people who were remote and inaccessible to observers from Western countries."--"Journal of Political Ecology