A Magpie’s Tale: Ethnographic and Historical Perspectives on the Kazakh of Western Mongolia

Contents\nIllustrations, Figures and Maps\nNotes on Transliteration\nIntroduction\nPart I. First Introductions\nChapter 1. Beginnings\nChapter 2. Relations\nChapter 3. Ölgii Town\nChapter 4. Drive to Soghakh\nChapter 5. First Days with the Family\nChapter 6. Two Horsemen\nChapter 7. Night-Time and Morning Rituals\nPart II. Transitions\nChapter 8. The Young Accountant\nChapter 9. The Letter\nChapter 10. The First House in the First Street\nChapter 11. Thinking about the Past\nChapter 12. The Age of the Market\nChapter 13. Thick as Cream\nChapter 14. Saving Graces\nPart III. Decisions\nChapter 15. Living Arrangements\nChapter 16. The People Who Move\nChapter 17. The Winter Slaughter\nChapter 18. Silver Flower\nChapter 19. French Extraordinaires\nChapter 20. Daughters-in-Law\nChapter 21. The Young Uncle\nPart IV. Into the Past\nChapter 22. The Shaman’s Son\nChapter 23. The Closure of the Steppe\nChapter 24. The Mongols of the West\nChapter 25. New Year’s Eve\nChapter 26. Kazakhs and Western Mongols\nChapter 27. Night-Time Walk\nChapter 28. Cossack Warriors and Settler Pioneers\nChapter 29. A People Frozen in Time\nChapter 30. Four Brothers\nPart V. New Futures\nChapter 31. Across the Border\nChapter 32. A Scar Necklace\nChapter 33. A New Homeland\nChapter 34. Family Ties\nChapter 35. Kazakh Rebel Fighters of the Altai\nChapter 36. One Hundred Per Cent Kazakh\nChapter 37. The Red Terror\nChapter 38. Kurban Ait\nChapter 39. Mongolia’s Rich Cradle\nPart VI. Broken Ties\nChapter 40. Stuck\nChapter 41. The Strong-Willed Girl\nChapter 42. Dimpled Bakhytbek\nChapter 43. A Short Break\nChapter 44. Broken Crown\nChapter 45. The Visitor\nChapter 46. Journey to Kazakhstan\nPart VII. New Worlds, Old Ties\nChapter 47. Two Worlds\nChapter 48. Brave New World\nChapter 49. A First Wedding\nChapter 50. Elnara’s Journey\nChapter 51. An Autumn Wedding\nChapter 52. Conclusion: A Magpie’s Tale\nBibliography\nIndex