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The Kazakhs: Second Edition (Hoover Institution Press Publication) (Volume 427) Paperback – July 1, 1995

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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.

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"The Kazakhs is quite simply the best one-volume introduction we have to any of the traditionally Islamic peoples of the [former] USSR."

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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.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hoover Institution Press; 2nd edition (July 1, 1995)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 388 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0817993525
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0817993528
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.36 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
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My review of this book will approach it from a couple of different angles - I was both assigned this book as a textbook and also read it for fun a couple of years beforehand. While I am not normally a fan of the take on major issues of policy or politics offered by most works published by the Hoover Institution Press, Olcott's work on The Kazakhs provides a wonderfully in-depth and thorough history of a people (or as thorough and in-depth as may be presented from an outsider's perspective). The reader can expect to find nuanced discussions of the role of Islam in Kazakh society as well as the effects of Soviet Communism on the Kazakh people before Kazakhstan's separation from the Soviet Union. The book ends with a discussion of the immediate post-Cold War situation in Kazakhstan, including the remnants of the USSR's space program within the former Soviet Central Asian state. That said, this book has not been updated since 1994 and is in need of a new addition addressing developments in Kazakhstan since. Over all, however, this is a comprehensive and highly recommended study for anyone with an interest in Kazakhstan or the peoples of the former Soviet Union.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2000
"The Kazakhs" is a solid, academic history of the Kazakh people from an author familiar to Central Asia scholars. Olcott starts with the formation of the ethnicity and continues through the very recent past to deal with Kazakstan's "Unexpected Independence." Lots of good information regarding the critical question of Russians in Kazakhstan, and the the new country's relations with Russia. Not light reading, but a good history.
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