{"product_id":"the-hungry-steppe-famine-violence-and-the-making-of-soviet-kazakhstan-9781501752018","title":"The Hungry Steppe  Famine Violence and the Making","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hungry Steppe\u003c\/i\u003e offers a valuable contribution to the historical record by providing the first painstaking, English-language examination of the Kazakh famine.\u003c\/p\u003e * Eurasianet *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA valuable addition.... An important first step in ensuring a proper, nuanced account of this neglected event in Soviet and Central Asian history.\u003c\/p\u003e * Asian Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA good work of scholarship can accomplish several things: inform, expand the boundaries of what we know on a subject, make us wiser, and sometimes even move us. Sarah Cameron's excellent book on the Kazakhstan famine of 1930–33 does all these things and more.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Russian Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCameron is articulate and eloquent, and this is an excellent, lucidly written book.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Hungry Steppe\u003c\/i\u003e, Sarah Cameron presents a well-researched and well-written history of the famines and other traumatic experiences that Kazakh pastoralists endured during the first two decades of Soviet rule.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Mark B. Tauger, West Virginia University * SLAVONIC AND EAST EUROPEAN REVIEW *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Cameron's book is a significant and timely contribution to the historiography of Soviet Central Asia and the debates about the nature of Soviet modernization and nation-building in the national peripheries. Clearly structured and written in a highly accessible style, the book follows the unfolding of one of the worst famines in human history.\u003c\/p\u003e * Ab Imperio *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCameron sees the wider significance of her research for the field of Soviet history. Cameron's excellent book will be of interest to the general public as well as specialists in Stalinist economic transformations, state violence, and genocide.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Modern History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplanatory Note\u003cbr\u003e List of Maps\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Steppe and the Sown: Peasants, Nomads, and the Transformation of the Kazakh Steppe, 1896–1921\u003cbr\u003e 2. Can You Get to Socialism by Camel? The Fate of Pastoral Nomadism in Soviet Kazakhstan, 1921–28\u003cbr\u003e 3. Kazakhstan's \"Little October\": The Campaign against Kazakh Elites, 1928\u003cbr\u003e 4. Nomads under Siege: Kazakhstan and the Launch of Forced Collectivization\u003cbr\u003e 5. Violence, Flight, and Hunger: The Sino-Kazakh Border and the Kazakh Famine\u003cbr\u003e 6. Kazakhstan and the Politics of Hunger, 1931–34\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Precipitation Levels for the Kazakh Steppe, 1921–33\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations Used in the Notes\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409346634071,"sku":"9781501752018","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501752018.jpg?v=1730506504","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-hungry-steppe-famine-violence-and-the-making-of-soviet-kazakhstan-9781501752018","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}