Peoples of the tundra northern Siberians in the post-communist transition
Ziker's account of the Dolgan and Nganasan peoples of the Ust Avam community is a fascinating analysis of how people adapt their hunting, fishing, and herding not only to the demanding Arctice environment but also to enormous economic and political adversities created in the wake of the Soviet...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Illinois
Waveland Press, Inc.
c2002, 2002
|
| Series: | Anthropology online
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | |
| Collection: | Anthropology Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Ziker's account of the Dolgan and Nganasan peoples of the Ust Avam community is a fascinating analysis of how people adapt their hunting, fishing, and herding not only to the demanding Arctice environment but also to enormous economic and political adversities created in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse "On ethnographic grounds alone, Ziker's book is a unique and valuable contribution. Despite increased fieldwork opportunities for foreigners in the former Soviet Union in recent years, much of Russia and Siberia remains terra incognita to Western scholars, except for specialists who know the Russian literature In this sense, the book fills a gap in the ethnographic literature on Siberia for Western students and, at the same time, serves as a microcosm of the devastating changes affecting rural communities and indigenous peoples generally in a disintegrating former superpower; that is, increasing isolation and a shift to nonmarket survival economies."--ORIGINAL BOOK JACKET. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 197 p.) |