The Kazakhs Second Edition

This compete history of one of the largest non-Slavic ethnic groups charts it from its emergence in the mid–fifteenth century to the present. Olcott details the major events that have shaped the character of the Islamic nation of Kazakhstan, discussing the rise and fall of the Kazakh Khanate, the Kazakhs in imperial Russia, revolutionary and Soviet Kazakhstan, and the struggle for autonomy under Soviet rule.

Martha Brill Olcott is professor of political science at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York and senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institution in Philadelphia.

List of Appendixes
Foreword to the Second Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface
Note on Transliteration
Origin of the Kazakhs and the Formation of the Kazakh Khanate	p. 3
The Russian Conquest	p. 28
The Development of a Colonial Apparatus	p. 57
The Land Problem	p. 83
The Growth of Discontent Among the Kazakhs	p. 100
The Revolution and Civil War in the Kazakh Steppe	p. 129
The New Economic Policy in Kazakhstan	p. 157
Collectivization and the Stalinist Economic System	p. 176
The Creation of a Soviet Apparatus in Kazakhstan	p. 199
The Virgin Lands and the Creation of a Socialist Kazakhstan	p. 224
Unexpected Independence	p. 249
Creating an Independent Kazakhstan	p. 271
Appendixes	p. 299
Glossary	p. 319
Notes	p. 325
Bibliography	p. 355
Index	p. 383
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