Law and Custom in the Steppe
Subtitle: The Kazakhs of the Middle Horde and Russian Colonialism in the Nineteenth Century
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: April 19, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780700714056
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Cultural studies; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law; Social history; c 1800 to c 1900; History: World; History; Sociology; Kazakhstan; Russia; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union
First sentence: This study explores one aspect of the social and cultural history of the Kazakh steppe in the nineteenth century by examining the judicial customs (adat) of the Middle Horde (Orta Zhuz) Kazakh nomads as they were practiced within the context of Russian colonial rule.