SHANE O'ROURKE is currently a lecturer in the history department at the University of York. He has studied at the University of East Anglia, St Antony's College, Oxford and the University of Rostov-on Don in Russia. His publications include articles on the Don Cossacks during the 1905 Revolution, Cossack Women and the Cossacks during the Russian Revolution.

• Acknowledgements List of Maps Glossary Introduction The Don Cossacks 1549-1920 The Land and People of the Great Host of the Don The Cossack Yurt The Crisis of the Cossack Yurt The Local Administration of the Don Cossacks Family and Community Among the Don Cossacks Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

'...an effective presentation of the external factors pressing on the Don Cossack community...' - American Historical Review

SHANE O'ROURKE is currently a lecturer in the history department at the University of York. He has studied at the University of East Anglia, St Antony's College, Oxford and the University of Rostov-on Don in Russia. His publications include articles on the Don Cossacks during the 1905 Revolution, Cossack Women and the Cossacks during the Russian Revolution.

• Acknowledgements List of Maps Glossary Introduction The Don Cossacks 1549-1920 The Land and People of the Great Host of the Don The Cossack Yurt The Crisis of the Cossack Yurt The Local Administration of the Don Cossacks Family and Community Among the Don Cossacks Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

'...an effective presentation of the external factors pressing on the Don Cossack community...' - American Historical Review

SHANE O'ROURKE is currently a lecturer in the history department at the University of York. He has studied at the University of East Anglia, St Antony's College, Oxford and the University of Rostov-on Don in Russia. His publications include articles on the Don Cossacks during the 1905 Revolution, Cossack Women and the Cossacks during the Russian Revolution.

• Acknowledgements List of Maps Glossary Introduction The Don Cossacks 1549-1920 The Land and People of the Great Host of the Don The Cossack Yurt The Crisis of the Cossack Yurt The Local Administration of the Don Cossacks Family and Community Among the Don Cossacks Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

'...an effective presentation of the external factors pressing on the Don Cossack community...' - American Historical Review