Law and Custom in the Steppe: The Kazakhs of the Middle Horde and Russian Colonialism in the Nineteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9780700714056 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 264 str.

Virginia Martin

Opis

Offers a reconstruction of the social, cultural and legal history of the Middle Horde Kazakh steppe in the 19th century using largely untapped archival records from Kazakhstan and Russia and contemporary reports.

Recenzje

'Her arguments are cogent and convincing.' - Slavonic Review

Spis treści

Acknowledgements, Note on Terminology and Transliteration, Abbreviations, Glossary, Maps, Introduction Legal Culture in the Colonial Context, Part I The Middle Horde Nomads and Colonial Rule, Part II Adat in Practice 1868-1898, Conclusion, Notes, Appendix: Sample Court Cases 1870s-90s, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Virginia Martin