A history of the peoples of Siberia
Subtitle: Russia's north Asian colony, 1581-1990
By: James Forsyth.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
Subjects: Ethnology -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.; Siberia (Russia) -- Social life and customs.; Siberia (Russia) -- Discovery and exploration.; Siberia (Russia) -- History.
Description: This ethnographic history of Siberia analyses the ethnographic and linguistic features of the native peoples and traces their history from the Russian conquest and colonization to the Soviet Revolution and the native rights (Small Peoples) movements, with comparisons to Indian, Eskimo and Inuit in Canada and the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 418-436) and index.