Engagement with empire as norm and in practice in Kazakh nomadic political culture (1820s–1830s)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11450064 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Virginia Martin (0000-0002-0236-7936, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175-194 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Central Asian Survey (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-4937 • E-ISSN: 1465-3354 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02634937.2016.1203289 |
| OpenAlex | W2461797865 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article offers an analysis of the Kazakh nomadic political culture of the 1820s–30s with focus on two issues: (1) service and loyalty as elements of Kazakh engagement with the Russian Empire; and (2) the place in local political practice of the regional administrative offices (diwans) created for Middle Horde Kazakh nomads in 1822. While Russia’s goal was ‘bureaucratization’ and creation of ‘order’ in the steppe, in part through directing nomads to engage with the diwan and its elected Kazakh officials, Kazakh political actors variously embraced and rejected formal structures, and continued to define relevant norms and practices of governance. The analysis challenges both statist and nationalist narratives of nineteenth-century Kazakh steppe history by acknowledging the complexities of the Kazakh nomadic experience of empire-building. The ultimate purpose is to suggest new approaches for interpreting historical change throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth
Ancient history · Art · Bureaucracy · Empire · Kazakh · Literature · Narrative · Nationalism · Norm (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |