| Law and Custom in the Steppe: The Kazakhs of the Middle Horde and Russian Colonialism in the Nineteenth Century Contributor(s): Martin, Virginia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138863327 ISBN-13: 9781138863323 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - History | Asia - General - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 958.4 |
| Physical Information: 264 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. It explores the cross-cultural encounter of laws, customs and judicial practices in the process of Russian empire-building at the local level. |