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The Kazkhs: A background study for psychological warfare
George Washington University, Human Resources Research Office • [washington] • Published In 1955 • Pages: viii, 154
By: Krader, Lawrence, Wayne, Ivor, Gladwin, Thomas.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study of the Kazaks of Soviet Central Asia was conducted for the Department of the Army as a 'Background Study for Psychological Warfare.' It is based entirely on documentary sources. One of the results of the research was the development of new methods for the study of culture at a distance. The local press was a primary source of information, but all available sources were consulted. A number of approaches and disciplines were brought to bear on the subject: demography, economics, anthropology, sociology and social psychology. 'Problems and Methods of Research' are discussed in length in Appendix A. The resulting study is a well integrated analysis of the sources of conflict between the way of life of the Kazaks and the policies imposed upon them by the Soviet Communists. The implications for psychological warfare are made explicit throughout the study. A major decline in population resulted from the Soviet attempt to settle these nomadic herders on collective farms in the early 1930's, and the implications of this fact are discussed in detail The authors describe the old patterns of Kazak society, religion, economy, and political organization: the changes brought about; the present lack of integration of Kazak culture and their passive participation in the Soviet way of life. Much of the material presented deals with the inhabitants of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (KSSR) and by implication applies to present day Kazaks. One result of the 'controlled acculturation' of the Kazaks was a nativistic movement and the authors trace its development.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kazakh
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Joan Steffens ; 1965
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Lawrence Krader and Ivor Wayne
- Part 1, Summary and conclusions / Thomas Gladwin and Lawrence Krader
- 'Task KAZPO, a research project conducted by Bureau of Social Science Research, American University under HumRRO Subcontract number 650-022.'
- A major part of this source has been marked for the Kazakhstan RQ01 file. (Geography, Demography, Economy, The Party, The Government, and Communications.) Material on the Moslem Religion among the Kazaks will be found in category 779.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-146)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56060520
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kazakhs--History/Kazakhstan