Identity and ecology in Arctic Siberia
Subtitle: the number one reindeer brigade
By: David G. Anderson.
Edition: [English ed.]
Series: Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Brand: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Evenki (Asian people) -- Domestic animals; Evenki (Asian people) -- Social conditions; Evenki (Asian people) -- Economic conditions; Reindeer herding -- Russia -- Taymyr Peninsula; Human ecology -- Russia -- Taymyr Peninsula; Taymyr Peninsula (Russia) -- Social conditions; Taymyr Peninsula (Russia) -- Economic conditions; Taymyr Peninusla (Russia) -- Politics and government
Description: "This is a first-hand account of a reindeer-herding collective in the remote Taimyr peninsula of Siberia. The author gives an intimate description of the day-to-day lives of a little-known group of Evenkis as they face both economic and ecological challenges. His book therefore fills a gap in our understanding of the historical and political dynamics of northern Asia, and traces the changes caused in the region by the formation of, and the recent break-up of, the Soviet Union. It also addresses wider questions of ecological theory, nationalism, and the formation of identity."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.