1st Edition
Law and Custom in the Steppe The Kazakhs of the Middle Horde and Russian Colonialism in the Nineteenth Century
By Virginia Martin
Copyright 2001
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
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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. It explores the cross-cultural encounter of laws, customs and judicial practices in the process of Russian empire-building at the local level.
Acknowledgements, Note on Terminology and Transliteration, Abbreviations, Glossary, Maps, Introduction Legal Culture in the Colonial Context, Part I The Middle Horde Nomads and Colonial Rule, Part II Adat in Practice 1868-1898, Conclusion, Notes, Appendix: Sample Court Cases 1870s-90s, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Virginia Martin
'Her arguments are cogent and convincing.' - Slavonic Review