Yeniseian Peoples and Languages

ISBN-13: 9780700712908 / Twarda / 2001 / 432 str.

Edward J. Vajda

Opis

This book is the first detailed history of the Yeniseian peoples to appear in English, and contains a complete, up-to-date description of all existing sources of information - both published and unpublished - on the Kets and their extinct relatives.

Spis treści

Part 1 THE HISTORY OF YENISEIAN STUDIES; Part 2 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS; Part 3 GUIDE TO UNPUBLISHED SOURCES; Chapter 1 DISSERTATIONS; Chapter 2 ARCHIVES; Chapter 3 OTHER UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS; Chapter 4 MUSEUM COLLECTIONS (INCLUDING ARCHIVES); Chapter 5 INTERNET RESOURCES; Part 4 CLASSIFIED INDEX; Chapter 6 YENISEIAN LANGUAGES, GENERAL INFORMATION; Chapter 7 Historical linguistics; Chapter 8 Extinct Yeniseian languages; Chapter 9 Typology; Chapter 10 Structure of modern (Imbat) Ket; Chapter 11 YENISEIAN PEOPLES (ETHNOGRAPHY, HISTORY, DEMOGRAPHICS, ETC.); Chapter 12 General information; Chapter 13 Early (pre-1865) sources on Yeniseian peoples; Chapter 14 Demographics; Chapter 15 Physical anthropology, genetics; Chapter 16 Origins, links with prehistoric cultures and peoples; Chapter 17 Yeniseian interaction with other Asian peoples; Chapter 18 History of Yeniseian-Russian interaction; Chapter 19 Native rights; Chapter 20 Ket ethnography, general; Chapter 21 Fictional works depicting Yeniseian peoples or cultures; Chapter 22 Maps; Chapter 23 Drawings or photographs showing Kets or Ket culture; Chapter 24 DATA ON YENISEIAN STUDIES; Chapter 25 History of scholarship; Chapter 26 Bibliographies; Chapter 27 Biographic information on scholars (including articles in the popular press); Chapter 28 Published travel notes or data on expeditions; Chapter 29 Descriptions of archival sources or articles using extensive archival materials; Chapter 30 Descriptions of museum collections;

O autorze

Edward J. Vajda