2011, ISBN: 9781602231252

Drawing on nearly twenty years of fieldwork, as well as ethnohistory, politics, and economics, this volume takes a close look at changes in the lives of the indigenous Siberian Khanty peo… Mehr…

Drawing on nearly twenty years of fieldwork, as well as ethnohistory, politics, and economics, this volume takes a close look at changes in the lives of the indigenous Siberian Khanty people and draws crucial connections between those changes and the social, cultural, and political transformation that swept Russia during the transition to democracy. Delving deeply into the history of the Khantywho were almost completely isolated prior to the Russian revolutionthe authors show how the customs, traditions, and knowledge of indigenous people interact with and are threatened by events in the larger world. Drawing on nearly twenty years of fieldwork, as well as ethnohistory, politics, and economics, this volume takes a close look at changes in the lives of the indigenous Siberian Khanty people and draws crucial connections between those changes and the social, cultural, and political transformation that swept Russia during the transition to democracy. Delving deeply into the history of the Khanty—who were almost completely isolated prior to the Russian revolution—the authors show how eBook ePUB 15.05.2011 eBooks>Fremdsprachige eBooks>Englische eBooks>Sach- & Fachthemen, University Of Alaska Press, .201<

ISBN: 9781602231252

Andrew Wiget, Olga Balalaeva,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by University of Alaska Press on 05-15-2011 EBooks Books ~~ Social Sciences~~ General Khanty~~Andrew-Wiget Uni… Mehr…

Andrew Wiget, Olga Balalaeva,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by University of Alaska Press on 05-15-2011 EBooks Books ~~ Social Sciences~~ General Khanty~~Andrew-Wiget University of Alaska Press<