The Hungry Steppe : : Famine, Violence, and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan / / Sarah Cameron.
The Hungry Steppe examines one of the most heinous crimes of the Stalinist regime, the Kazakh famine of 1930–33. More than 1.5 million people perished in this famine, a quarter of Kazakhstan's population, and the crisis transformed a territory the size of continental Europe. Yet the story of th...
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (294 p.) :; 14 b&w halftones, 4 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Explanatory Note
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1. The Steppe and the Sown: Peasants, Nomads, and the Transformation of the Kazakh Steppe, 1896–1921
- 2. Can You Get to Socialism by Camel? The Fate of Pastoral Nomadism in Soviet Kazakhstan, 1921–28
- 3. Kazakhstan’s “Little October”: The Campaign against Kazakh Elites, 1928
- 4. Nomads under Siege: Kazakhstan and the Launch of Forced Collectivization
- 5. Violence, Flight, and Hunger: The Sino-Kazakh Border and the Kazakh Famine
- 6. Kazakhstan and the Politics of Hunger, 1931–34
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Precipitation Levels for the Kazakh Steppe, 1921–33
- Glossary
- List of Abbreviations Used in the Notes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index