{"product_id":"a-magpie-s-tale-ethnographic-and-historical-perspectives-on-the-kazakh-of-western-mongolia-9781800737969","title":"A Magpie’s Tale: Ethnographic and Historical","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tTelling the story of the author's time living with a Kazakh family in a small village in western Mongolia, this book contextualizes the family’s personal stories within the broader history of the region. It looks at the position of the  Kazakh over time in relation to Tsarist Russian, Soviet, Chinese and Mongolian rule and influence. These are stories of migration across generations, bride kidnappings and marriage, domestic violence and alcoholism, adoption and family, and how people have coped in the face of political and economic crisis, poverty and loss, and, perhaps most enduringly, how love and family persist through all of this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“What starts as an account of cultural encounters unfolds as a highly informative, entertaining, self-reflexive narrative told with a great measure of empathy and humanism that demonstrates the ultimate unity of humanity.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Ildikó Bellér-Hann\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Copenhagen\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“I very much enjoyed reading this book. It is both insightful and touching to follow the story of one extended family over the years, and well into the past. In my view, this adds a significant piece of knowledge and reflection on a very little-known part of the world, to which the author had a unique access.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Peter Finke\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Zurich\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tNotes on Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e \tFamily Tree\u003cbr\u003e \tMap of Central and Inner Asia Today\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: First Introductions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Beginnings\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Relations\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ölgii Town\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Drive to Soghakh\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e First Days with the Family\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Two Horsemen\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nighttime and Morning Rituals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Transitions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Young Accountant\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Letter\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e The First House in the First Street\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Thinking about the Past\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Age of the Market\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Thick as Cream\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e Saving Graces\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: \u003c\/strong\u003eDecisions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e Living Arrangements\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16.\u003c\/strong\u003e The People Who Move\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 17.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Winter Slaughter\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 18.\u003c\/strong\u003e Silver Flower\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 19.\u003c\/strong\u003e French Extraordinaires\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 20.\u003c\/strong\u003e Daughters-in-Law\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 21.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Young Uncle\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV: Into the Past\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 22.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Shaman’s Son\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 23.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Closure of the Steppe\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 24.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Mongols of the West\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 25.\u003c\/strong\u003e New Year’s Eve\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 26.\u003c\/strong\u003e Kazakhs and Western Mongols\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 27.\u003c\/strong\u003e Night-time Walk\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 28.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cossack Warriors and Settler Pioneers\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 29.\u003c\/strong\u003e A People Frozen in Time\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 30.\u003c\/strong\u003e Four Brothers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart V: New Futures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 31. \u003c\/strong\u003eAcross the Border\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 32.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Scar Necklace\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 33.\u003c\/strong\u003e A New Homeland\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 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