The Hungry Steppe: Famine, Violence, and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan
The book brings the largely unknown story of the Kazakh famine of 1930 33 to light, using this case study to overturn several assumptions about violence, modernization, and nation making under Stalin Free Download The Hungry Steppe: Famine, Violence, and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan [ author ] Sarah I Cameron [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Heartbreaking, necessary reading I recommend pairing this with David Moon s The Plough that Broke the Steppes Agriculture and Environment on Russia s Grasslands, 1700 1914 for an examination of tsarist colonial settlement to enable drawing of continuities with Soviet Kazakh policy Despite the complexity of genocide studies, Cameron thoughtfully analyses the historiography of the Kazakh famine in relation to its overshadowing by the better known and studied Ukrainian famine Her finest Heartbreaking, necessary reading I recommend pairing this with David Moon s The Plough that Broke the Steppes Agriculture and Environment on Russia s Grasslands, 1700 1914 for an examination of tsarist colonial settlement to enable drawing of continuities with Soviet Kazakh policy Despite the complexity of genocide studies, Camero...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Very powerful book A product of an extensive on the ground research is heart breaking, tragic and damning to read Apart from making a great contribution...Relatively academic so it s not like a rip roaring read but it is an English language book about a topic that is mostly unknown in the English speaking world The most interesting things to me were some of the comparisons between western understanding of the Ukrainian famine vs the Kazakh famine.Educational and at the same time devastating
- 06 September 2019 Sarah I Cameron
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- Sarah I Cameron
- The Hungry Steppe: Famine, Violence, and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan