Sarah Cameron

The Hungry Steppe

Famine, Violence, and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Hungry Steppe examines one of the most heinous crimes of the Stalinist regime, the Kazakh famine of 1930-33. More than 1.5 million people perished in this famine, a quarter of Kazakhstan's population, and the crisis transformed a territory the size of continental Europe. Yet the story of this famine has remained mostly hidden from...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9781501752018
• ISBN-10: 1501752014
• Artikelnr.: 60065436

Autorenporträt

Sarah Cameron

Inhaltsangabe

Explanatory Note
List of Maps
Introduction
1. The Steppe and the Sown: Peasants, Nomads, and the Transformation of the
Kazakh Steppe, 1896-1921
2. Can You Get to Socialism by Camel? The Fate of Pastoral Nomadism in
Soviet Kazakhstan, 1921-28
3. Kazakhstan's "Little October": The Campaign against Kazakh Elites, 1928
4. Nomads under Siege: Kazakhstan and the Launch of Forced Collectivization
5. Violence, Flight, and Hunger: The Sino-Kazakh Border and the Kazakh
Famine
6. Kazakhstan and the Politics of Hunger, 1931-34
Conclusion
Epilogue
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Precipitation Levels for the Kazakh Steppe, 1921-33
List of Abbreviations Used in the Notes
Notes
Bibliography
Index