The Kazakhs: Volume 427
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Book Overview
This compete history of one of the largest non-Slavic ethnic groups charts it from its emergence in the mid-fifteenth century to the present. Olcott details the major events that have shaped the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0817993525
ISBN13:9780817993528
Release Date:July 1995
Publisher:Hoover Institution Press
Length:388 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Very solid, informative and objective.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Martha Brill Olcott is certainly an expert on this country and, furthermore, she writes very well. The only setback is that it is a bit dry and might seem to be too detailed. If you you know nothing about Kazakhstan, then expect to hear so many names that you probably will feel somewhat overwhelmed. However, it deserves the five starts just because it remains the best piece of writing on this subject out there.
A solid history.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
"The Kazakhs" is a solid, academic history of the Kazakh people from an author familiar to Central Asia scholars. Olcott starts with the formation of the ethnicity and continues through the very recent past to deal with Kazakstan's "Unexpected Independence." Lots of good information regarding the critical question of Russians in Kazakhstan, and the the new country's relations with Russia. Not light reading, but a good history.
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