Title Peoples of the tundra : northern Siberians in the post-communist transition / John P. Ziker

Published Prospect Heights, Ill. : Waveland Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (x, 197 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Peoples of the tundra -- Making a living: ecology and economy -- The loud years: resistance and collaboration -- Alcohol and violent death -- Shamans, ancestors, sin, and sacrifice -- The law of the tundra -- The future is in their hands Summary "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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-182) Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL This edition in English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Dolgans -- Russia (Federation) -- Taymyr Peninsula -- Social life and customs -- 20th century Nganasani -- Russia (Federation) -- Taymyr Peninsula -- Social life and customs -- 20th century Ethnology -- Russia (Federation) -- Taymyr Peninsula Post-communism -- Russia (Federation) -- Taymyr Peninsula Hunting -- Russia (Federation) -- Taymyr Peninsula Dolgans -- Russia (Federation) -- Taymyr Peninsula Nganasani -- Russia (Federation) -- Taymyr Peninsula Nganasani Dolgans Ethnology Hunting Manners and customs Nganasani -- Social life and customs Post-communism SUBJECT Taymyr Peninsula (Russia) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century Subject Russia (Federation) -- Taymyr Peninsula Form Electronic book

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