The Circle Of Mountains-Basque Shepherding Community New Ed

Provides an excellent ethnography of a French Basque agrarian and sheepherding community. The commune of Sainte-Engrâce extends along a mountain valley in the southeastern corner of Soule, one of the three Basque provinces in France. Sandra Ott examines the importance of cooperation and reciprocity as the essential basis for the main institutions within this community.