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The Kazaks of western Mongolia

Contemporary Kazaks : cultural and social perspectivesNew YorkPublished In 1999 • Pages: 103-139

By: Finke, Peter.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the Kazaks of Western Mongolia, primarily the western provinces of Bayan-Olgiy and Xovd. The author reviews the history of migration back and forth across the Russia-Chinese-Mongolia borders. While he saw an emigration of Kazaks to the newly created Kazakstan Republic in 1991, there has been a more recent return migration of Kazaks back to Mongolia later in the decade. The author discusses the changes collectivization, and later privatization, have had on the nomadic way of life, as well as, the importance of kin- and non-kin based-social networks.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Population
External migration
Pastoral activities
Production and supply
Ethnic stratification
Social relationships and groups
Territorial hierarchy
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Kazakh
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
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
essay
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2010
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1991-1996
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1990-1995
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
western Mongolia
NotesAdditional notes
Peter Finke
for bibliographical references see document 18:Svanberg
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
99037997
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Kazakhs