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Book SynopsisDeeply researched and eloquently written, Settlers on the Edge ... makes an important and long-overdue contribution to our understanding of who belongs in the North.
– Farley Mowat
Trade ReviewSettlers on the Edge benefits from a prose style that, while sophisticated, is clear and free of jargon. Thompson presents a number of insights about late Soviet and post-Soviet society in general, and certainly about Chukotka itself. The stories of his informants are often affecting. Students and specialists in Russian history and arctic studies will find this is a most welcome addition to their libraries, as will anyone interested in anthropological research and colonial and post-colonial studies. It should appeal to a wider audience as well. -- John McCannon, Southern New Hampshire University * The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, Vol. 38 (2011) *
Table of ContentsIllustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
Part 1: The Soviet Years, 1955-91
2 Northern Settlement and the Late-Soviet State
3 Arctic Idyll: Living in Soviet Chukotka
Part 2: Transition to Crisis, 1991-2000
4 Idyll Destroyed
5 Surviving without the State
Part 3: Reconstruction, 2001-5
6 Modernization Again: The State Returns
7 Two Solitudes
8 Conclusion: Practices of Belonging
9 Afterword
Appendices
1 List of Informants
2 Glossary of Russian Terms
Notes
References
Index
