{"product_id":"the-1926-27-soviet-polar-census-expeditions-9781782380979","title":"The 1926\/27 Soviet Polar Census Expeditions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIn 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, it remains one of the most comprehensive surveys of a rural population anywhere. The contributors to this volume – all noted scholars in their region – have conducted long-term fieldwork with the descendants of the people surveyed in 1926\/27. This volume is the culmination of eight years’ work with the primary record cards and was supported by a number of national scholarly funding agencies in the UK, Canada and Norway. It is a unique historical, ethnographical analysis and of immense value to scholars familiar with these communities’ contemporary cultural dynamics and legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The contributors have made excellent use of recently opened archives and interviews with descendants of the people surveyed to provide a uniquely human portrait of this seminal project. While the chapters focus most thoroughly on the Nenets, Khanty, and Yakut, the analysis is of broader relevance to an understanding of Siberian peoples during the first stages of the sovietization of the Far North. This book will prove of unique value to historians of the Soviet period as well as to cultural anthropologists specializing in polar peoples. Highly recommended.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“All in all, this book is an important contribution to our knowledge about the ethnography and ethnohistory of the indigenous peoples of this region as well as about the immense work undertaken during the very early years of the Soviet Union in an effort to understand the demography and livelihoods of these peoples. The volume belongs on the shelves of all researchers working on these issues.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Polar Research\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This a much-welcome addition to the modern English-language reference library on Siberian indigenous people and the first book-size effort to address their plight and status from the perspective of the Russian archival statistical and documentary records of the early 1900s. It is an outcome of a monumental collaborative project.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Igor Krupnik\u003c\/strong\u003e, Smithsonian Institution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e \tNote on Cyrillic Transliteration\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Polar Census and the Architecture of Enumeration\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDavid G. Anderson \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eSeasonal Mobility and Sacred Landscape Geography among Northern Hunter-Gatherer\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePeter Jordan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Interpretation of Nenets Demography in the First Third of the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eElena Volzhanina\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eUndaunted Courage: the Polar Census in the Obdor Region\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eElena Glavatskaya\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eHousehold Structure in the Multi-Ethnic Barents Region – A Local Case Study\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGunnar Thorvaldsen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eStatistical Surveys of the Kanin Peninsula and the Samoed Question\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eIgor Semenov\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Sustaining Landscape and the Arctic Fox Trade in the European North of Russia 1926-1927\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKonstantin Klokov\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Origin of Reindeer Herding as ‘Sector’ on the Kanin Peninsula\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStanislav Kiselev \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Spatial Demography of the ‘Outer Taiga’ of the Zhuia River Valley, Eastern Siberia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDavid Anderson, Evgenii Ineshin, John Ziker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eIdentity, Status, and Fish among Essei Iakuts\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTatiana Argounova-Low\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eSubsistence and Residence in the Putoran Uplands and Taimyr Lowlands\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohn Ziker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendices\u003cbr\u003e \tAppendix I:\u003c\/strong\u003eThe Manuscript Archives of the Polar Census Expeditions\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix II: \u003c\/strong\u003eTable of Measures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliographic and Archival References\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on the Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042210578775,"sku":"9781782380979","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781782380979.jpg?v=1750953459","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-1926-27-soviet-polar-census-expeditions-9781782380979","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}