The 1926/27 Soviet Polar Census Expeditions / / ed. by David G. Anderson.
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...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2011] ©2011 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Cyrillic Transliteration -- 1 The Polar Census and the Architecture of Enumeration -- 2 Seasonal Mobility and Sacred Landscape Geography among Northern Hunter-Gatherers -- 3 The Interpretation of Nenets Demography in the First Third of the Twentieth Century -- 4 Undaunted Courage: The Polar Census in the Obdor Region -- 5 Household Structure in the Multiethnic Barents Region: A Local Case Study -- 6 Statistical Surveys of the Kanin Peninsula and the Samoed Question -- 7 The Sustaining Landscape and the Arctic Fox Trade in the European North of Russia, 1926–1927 -- 8 The Origin of Reindeer Herding as a ‘Sector’ on the Kanin Peninsula -- 9 The Spatial Demography of the ‘Outer Taiga’ of the Zhuia River Valley, Eastern Siberia -- 10 Identity, Status and Fish Among Lake Essei Iakuts -- 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 -- Bibliography -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index |
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Summary: | 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, 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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780857450449 9783110998283 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9780857450449 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by David G. Anderson. |