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9780700714056

Law and Custom in the Steppe: The Kazakhs of the Middle Horde and Russian Colonialism in the Nineteenth Century

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    9780700714056

  • ISBN10:

    0700714057

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-04-19
  • Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Virginia Martin is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Note on Terminology and Transliteration
Abbreviations
Glossary
Maps
Introduction: Legal Culture in the Colonial Contextp. 1
The Middle Horde Nomads and Colonial Rule
Nomadism and Adatp. 17
Law and Empire-Buildingp. 34
Settlement: Cossacks, Peasants and Nomadsp. 60
Adat in Practice 1868-1898
Blys and Litigantsp. 87
Land Disputesp. 114
Barimtap. 140
Conclusionp. 156
Notesp. 163
Sample Court Cases 1870s-90sp. 212
Bibliographyp. 221
Indexp. 239
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