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The 1926/27 Soviet polar census expeditions / / edited by David G. Anderson



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Titolo: The 1926/27 Soviet polar census expeditions / / edited by David G. Anderson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
Disciplina: 305.800947
Soggetto topico: Indigenous peoples - Russia, Northern
Indigenous peoples - Russia (Federation) - Siberia
Ethnological expeditions - Russia, Northern - History - 20th century
Ethnological expeditions - Russia (Federation) - Siberia - History - 20th century
Indigenous peoples - Russia, Northern - Social life and customs
Indigenous peoples - Russia (Federation) - Siberia - Social life and customs
Soggetto geografico: Russia, Northern Discovery and exploration
Russia, Northern Census
Siberia (Russia) Discovery and exploration
Siberia (Russia) Census
Altri autori: AndersonDavid G  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Note on Cyrillic Transliteration; Chapter 1 - The Polar Census and the Architecture of Enumeration; Chapter 2 - Seasonal Mobility and Sacred Landscape Geography among Northern Hunter-Gatherers; Chapter 3 - The Intepretation of Nenets Demography in the First Third of the Twentieth Century; Chapter 4 - Undaunted Courage: The Polar Census in the Obdor Region; Chapter 5 - Household Structure in the Multiethnic Barents Region: A Local Case Study; Chapter 6 - Statistical Surveys of the Kanin Peninsula and the Samoed Question
Chapter 7 - The Sustaining Landscape and the Arctic Fox Trade in the European North of Russia, 1926-1927Chapter 8 - The Origins of Reindeer Herding as a 'Sector' on the Kanin Peninsula; Chapter 9 - The Spatial Demography of the 'Outer Taiga' of the Zhuia River Valley, Eastern Siberia; Chapter 10 - Identity, Status and Fish Among Lake Essei Iakuts; Chapter 11 - Subsistence and Residence in the Putoran Uplands and Taimyr Lowlands in 1926-27; Appendix 1 - The Manuscript Archives of the Polar Census Expeditions; Appendix 2 - Table of Measures; Archival References; Bibliography
Notes on the ContributorsIndex
Sommario/riassunto: In 1926/27 the Soviet Central Statistical Administration initiated several yearlong expeditions to gather primary data on the whereabouts, economy and living conditions of all rural peoples living in the Arctic and sub-Arctic at the end of the Russian civil war. Due partly to the enthusiasm of local geographers and ethnographers, the Polar Census grew into a massive ethnological exercise, gathering not only basic demographic and economic data on every household but also a rich archive of photographs, maps, kinship charts, narrative transcripts and museum artifacts. To this day,
Altri titoli varianti: Soviet polar census expeditions
Titolo autorizzato: The 1926  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78238-098-1
0-85745-044-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827184403321
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