A History of the Peoples of Siberia : Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990
Editorial Reviews
Review
'James Forsyth's work ... is very timely. Just when the world is becoming aware of Siberia's peoples, we are presented with a compendium of information relating to them. The scope is vast.' The Historical Association Journal
'... (an) extremely useful, introduction to a subject that, as Russia's centre of gravity shifts east, will become very important.' Norman Stone, Aberdeen University Review
'Forsyth's book is imperative for anyone interested in Russian or world history, and would appeal to specialists and non-specialists alike.' Canadian-American Slavic Studies
Book Description
This is the first ethnohistory of Siberia to appear in English, and presents to an anglophone audience a vast corpus of previously inaccessible ethnographic and linguistic material. It covers from the early history of Siberia after the Russian conquest to collectivization and conscription during World War II and to the 1980s movement ror native rights. In this, the first substantive "post-Glasnost" account to appear, James Forsyth compares the Siberian experience with that of Indians and Eskimos in North America.
History of the Peoples of Siberia, A,James Forsyth,Cambridge University Press,0521477719,Eastern Europe - General,Europe - Former Soviet Republics,Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union,History,History - General History,History: World,ASIA,Asian / Middle Eastern history,Ethnology - Russian S.F.S.R. - Siberia,History / Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union),History of specific racial & ethnic groups,Modern period, c 1500 onwards,Russia
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