Khanty, People of the Taiga: Surviving the 20th Century (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781602231245)

Drawing on nearly twenty years of fieldwork, as well as ethnohistory, politics, and economics, this volume takes a close look at changes in the lives of the indigenous Siberian Khanty people and draws crucial connections between those changes and the social, cultural, and political transformation that swept Russia during the transition to democracy. Delving deeply into the history of the Khanty--who were almost completely isolated prior to the Russian revolution--the authors show how the customs, traditions, and knowledge of indigenous people interact with and are threatened by events in the larger world.

Author: Andrew Wiget,Olga Balalaeva
ISBN-10: 1602231249
ISBN-13: 9781602231245
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2011
Pages: 398
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2011
Reference and Research Bk News 06/01/2011 pg. 33