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Ecology and empire : nomads in the cultural evolution of the old world
- Title
- Ecology and empire : nomads in the cultural evolution of the old world / edited by Gary Seaman.
- Publication
- Los Angeles, California: Ethnographics/USC, Center for Visual Anthropology, University of Southern California, [1989]
- ©1989
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- Description
- 247 pages; 22 cm.
- Series Statement
- Proceedings of the Soviet-American academic symposia in conjunction with the museum exhibition, Nomads: Masters of the Eurasian Steppe ; v. 1
- Monograph /Ethnographics /USC ; #1
- Uniform Title
- Proceedings of the Soviet-American academic symposia in conjunction with the museum exhibition, Nomads; Masters of the Eurasian Steppe ; v. 1.
- Ethnographics monograph series ; monograph no. 1.
- Subject
- Human ecology > Asia, Central > History > Congresses
- Nomads > Asia, Central > Congresses
- Steppe ecology > Social aspects > Asia, Central > Congresses
- Social evolution > Congresses
- Ethnic conflict
- Nomades > Asie centrale > Congrès
- Évolution sociale > Congrès
- Écologie des steppes > Aspect social > Asie centrale > Congrès
- Nomads
- Social evolution
- Ethnic conflict
- Central Asia
- ecology
- empire
- nomads
- cultural evolution
- Genre/Form
- proceedings (reports)
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Actes de congrès.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-243).
- Contents
- Richard Feynman and the Tuva adventure / Ralph Leighton -- Chokan Valikhanov: explorer of the nineteenth century Asian Nomadic peoples / Ramazan B. Sulejmenov -- An ecological history of Central Asian nomadism / Rhoads Murphy -- The ecology of the ancient nomads of Soviet Central Asia and Kazakhstan / Boris A. Litvinskii -- One of the origins of nomadism / Sevyan I. Vainshtein -- The "decline" of the Central Asian caravan trade / Morris Rossabi -- Principal tendencies in the development of hunting in ancient and traditional nomadic societies / Leonid B. Ermolov -- The system of nourishment among the Eurasian nomads: the Kazakh example / Nurila Z. Shakanova -- Hierarchy in traditional men's associations of Central Asia / Rachmad R. Rahimov -- Traditional hunting within raptors in Central Asia and Kazakhstan / Georgii N. Simakov -- Central Asian concepts of rule on the steppe and sown / Richard N. Frye -- Dunhuang as a funnel for Central Asian nomads into China / Victor H. Mair -- The emperor of the dark heavens and the Han River gateway into China / Gary Seaman -- Official policies in The Peoples' Republic of China toward minority nationalities / Kui Bai and Rui Gao -- The preservation of folk cultures in Inner Mongolia / Hao Wen -- Contemporary Khanates: compromises adopted by Kazakh and Kirghiz leaders / Andre Singer.
- ISBN
- 1878986007
- 9781878986009
- LCCN
- 90231493
- OCLC
- ocm23016330
- 23016330
- SCSB-14423520
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library