The Kazakhs

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This compete history of one of the largest non Slavic ethnic groups charts it from its emergence in the mid fifteenth century to the present Olcott details the major events that have shaped the character of the Islamic nation of Kazakhstan, discussing the rise and fall of the Kazakh Khanate, the Kazakhs in imperial Russia, revolutionary and Soviet Kazakhstan, and the struggle for autonomy under Soviet rule. Free Download [ The Kazakhs ] By [ Martha Brill Olcott ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Great scholarship Dense, heavy on economic history and the role of Soviet mismanagement of the Kazakh SSR s agricultural and other resources indifference, lack of education understanding of Soviet econ political theory scientific developments in farming, etc on the part of local Kazakhs Russian chauvanism, myopic imperialistic view on the needs of the republics vs the needs of the entire Union, constant purges of the Kazakh CP due to changing central views on national development in the Great scholarship Dense, heavy on economic history and the role of Soviet mismanagement of the Kazakh SSR s agricultural and other resources indifference, lack of education understanding of Soviet econ political theory scientific developments in farming, etc on the part of local Kazakhs Russian chauvanism, myopic imperialistic view on the needs of the republics vs the needs of the entire Union, constant purges of the Kazakh CP due to ch...It s a grind but serves the purpose being an overview of the history of the Kazakh people Tedious text book style of writing about a remote, vast, difficult to report on land There were the gulags in Siberia and then there were the open air prisons of Kazakhstan A climate too remote and too hostile to just walk away from The gulags aren t mentioned that is another story The book is out of date second edition 1995 Over twenty three years have passed and much has changed Still worth a It s a grind but serves the purpose being an overview of the history of the Kazakh people Tedious text book style of writing about a remote, vast, difficult to report on land There were the gulags in Siberia and then there were the open air prisons of Kazakhstan A climate too remote and too hostile to just walk away from The gulags aren t mentioned that is another story The book is out of date second edition 1995 Over twenty three years have passed and much has changed Stil... , , ,, , , , ,, , ,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,,I picked up this book so that I could understandabout the area of the world where my family and I are moving to later this summer I had read some articles by Olcott a few years ago when I was focusing on Russiaareas studies before I went to earn a political science PhD She does a good job of tracing the admittedly sparse in many areas history of the Kazakh nation.What struck me about this book was its relevance to today s issues between Ukraine and Russia Nazarbayaev s I picked up this book so that I could understandabout the area of the world where my family and I are moving to later this summer I had read some articles by Olcott a few years ago when I was focusing on Russiaareas studies before I went to earn a political science PhD She does a good job of tracing the admittedly sparse in many areas history of the Kazakh nation.What struck me about this book was its relevance to today s issues between Ukraine and Russia Nazar...I can t say I could recommend this for the lay reader of which I am one but unfortunately there isn t too much out there on the history of Kazakhstan so you re sort of stuck with this one.Definitely written with the Kazakh specialist in mind, Olcott shows that she knows her shit Unfortunately, page after page of confusing clan history Small Horde, Middle Horde, Large Horde and so on all interwoven and peppered with references to multitudes of names of prominent leaders and khans and such I can t say I could recommend this for the lay reader of which I am one but unfortunately there isn t too much out there on the history of Kazakhstan so you re sort of stuck with this one.Definitely written with the Kazakh specialist in mind, Olcott sho...Initially written during the Cold War and largely as a critique of Soviet Communism though this makes the book feel somewhat dated, this is not a bad thing, and there is plenty of opportunity for scholars to relate this work to contemporary issues However, the author s focus on political science in this history seems to take precedent over the related cultural history...The edition I read is dated 1987 pre post Soviet era with many references extending only into the early 80s fully half of the volume deals with Kazakh history after 1917, much of it of the Sovietology sort, something of a disappointment to me.Unfortunately, Dr Olcott s Western bias shines through.I want to read this book out of curiosity to see how Ms Olcott perceives history of Kazakhstan.

The Kazakhs
  • English
  • 18 February 2019
  • Paperback
  • 388 pages
  • 0817993525
  • Martha Brill Olcott
  • The Kazakhs