Endnote 8 – Rediscovered! The Land of Geshur

For large quantities of grain produced in the Bashan (Hauran) being shipped westward through the Golan in modern times, see George Smith, The Historical Geography of the Holy Land (New York: Armstrong, 1897), pp. 612–613. On redistributive economies in general, see Karl Polanyi, “Anthropology and Economic Theory,” pp. 215–238, in Readings in Anthropology, Vol II: Cultural Anthropology, ed. Morton H. Fried, 2nd ed. (New York: Crowell, 1968). Cf. also Carol A. Smith, “Regional Economic Systems: Linking Geographical Models and Socioeconomic Problems,” pp. 1–63, in Regional Analysis, Vol II: Economic Systems, ed. C. Smith (New York: Academic Press, 1976).