Settlers on the Edge

Identity and Modernization on Russia's Arctic Frontier

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

AvNiobe Thompson

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Based on extensive research in the Arctic Russian region of Chukotka, Settlers on the Edge is the first English-language account of settler life anywhere in the circumpolar north to appear since Robert Paine's The White Arctic (1977), and the first to explore the experiences of Soviet-era migrants to the far north. Niobe Thompson describes the remarkable transformation of a population once dedicated to establishing colonial power on a northern frontier into a rooted community of locals now resisting a renewed colonial project. He also provides unique insights into the future of identity politics in the Arctic, the role of resource capital and the oligarchs in the Russian provinces, and the fundamental human questions of belonging and transience.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-01-01
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt440 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor328
FörlagUniversity of British Columbia Press
ISBN9780774814683

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IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgments1 IntroductionPart 1: The Soviet Years, 1955-912 Northern Settlement and the Late-Soviet State3 Arctic Idyll: Living in Soviet ChukotkaPart 2: Transition to Crisis, 1991-20004 Idyll Destroyed5 Surviving without the StatePart 3: Reconstruction, 2001-56 Modernization Again: The State Returns7 Two Solitudes8 Conclusion: Practices of Belonging9 AfterwordAppendices1 List of Informants2 Glossary of Russian TermsNotesReferencesIndex

Settlers on the Edge benefits from a prose style that, while sophisticated, is clear and free of jargon. Thompson presents a number of insights about late Soviet and post-Soviet society in general, and certainly about Chukotka itself. The stories of his informants are often affecting. Students and specialists in Russian history and arctic studies will find this is a most welcome addition to their libraries, as will anyone interested in anthropological research and colonial and post-colonial studies. It should appeal to a wider audience as well. - John McCannon, Southern New Hampshire University (The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, Vol. 38 (2011))