The Kazakhs - Second Edition

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 character of the Islamic nation of Kazakhstan, discussing the rise and fall of the Kazakh Khanate, the Kazakhs in imperial Russia, revolutionary and Soviet Kazakhstan, and the struggle for autonomy under Soviet rule.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Martha Brill Olcott is professor of political science at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York and senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institution in Philadelphia.

Zusammenfassung

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 character of the Islamic nation of Kazakhstan.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Martha Brill Olcott
• Verlag: Hoover Institution Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.07.1995
• EAN: 9780817993528
• ISBN: 978-0-8179-9352-8
• Seiten: 416
• Abmessung: 153 mm x 228 mm x 32 mm
• Gewicht: 622 g
• Serien: Studies of Nationalities; Studies of Nationalities; Hoover Institution Press Publi
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges