{"product_id":"9780857450449","title":"The 1926\/27 Soviet Polar Census Expeditions","description":"Ingram - \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1926\/27 the Soviet Central Statistical Administration initiated several yearlong expeditions to gather primary data on the whereabouts, economy and living conditions of all rural peoples living in the Arctic and sub-Arctic at the end of the Russian civil war. Due partly to the enthusiasm of local geographers and ethnographers, the Polar Census grew into a massive ethnological exercise, gathering not only basic demographic and economic data on every household but also a rich archive of photographs, maps, kinship charts, narrative transcripts and museum artifacts. To this day, it remains one of the most comprehensive surveys of a rural population anywhere. The contributors to this volume – all noted scholars in their region – have conducted long-term fieldwork with the descendants of the people surveyed in 1926\/27. This volume is the culmination of eight years’ work with the primary record cards and was supported by a number of national scholarly funding agencies in the UK, Canada and Norway. It is a unique historical, ethnographical analysis and of immense value to scholars familiar with these communities’ contemporary cultural dynamics and legacy.","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130512523504,"sku":"9780857450449","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780857450449_p0.jpg?v=1763828413","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780857450449","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}