Full Description
Offers a reconstruction of the social, cultural and legal history of the Middle Horde Kazakh steppe in the 19th century using largely untapped archival records from Kazakhstan and Russia and contemporary reports. It explores the cross-cultural encounter of laws, customs and judicial practices in the process of Russian empire-building at the local level.
Contents
Acknowledgements, Note on Terminology and Transliteration, Abbreviations, Glossary, Maps, Introduction Legal Culture in the Colonial Context, Part I The Middle Horde Nomads and Colonial Rule, Part II Adat in Practice 1868-1898, Conclusion, Notes, Appendix: Sample Court Cases 1870s-90s, Bibliography, Index
