Exploring Central Asia from the Steppes to the High Pamirs 1896-1899, 2 Volumes

	Exploring Central Asia from the Steppes to the High Pamirs 1896-1899, 2 Volumes
	by Esther Fihl	$122.25 At Powells Books on 8-22-2010.

Features ISBN # : 9780295990002 Subtitle: Collecting Objects and Writing Cultures from the Steppes to the High Pamirs 1896-1899 Written by: Fihl, Esther Written by: Nicolaisen, Ida Published by: University of Washington Press Subject: Historical geography Subject: Expeditions & Discoveries Subject: Asia, Central Asia Copyright: 2010 Date of Publication: August 2010 Cover: Hardcover Written in: English # of Pages: 736 In the 1890s, the Danish lieutenant Ole Olufsen set out to lead two expeditions to Tsarist Central Asia. Exploring areas that were still blank on European and Russian maps, the participants spent more than a year traveling on horseback in the Pamirs and adjacent valleys bordering Afghanistan, China, and British India.--They lived with Kyrgyz nomads who carved out an existence for themselves above the tree line with their sheep, goats, and yaks. Traveling along the river Pandsh, they were the first Europeans to collect ethnographical information on the transhumant pastoralists in the elevated valleys bordering Afghanistan. On the steppes of the western lowlands, the Danish expeditions stopped in Samarkand, Khiva, and Bukhara, commercial hubs on the old Silk Road. As official guests of both the emir of Bukhara and the khan of Khiva, they studied the handicrafts of the bazaars and the irrigation agriculture practiced by the Tajiks and Uzbeks. On visits to Merv they also spent time with Turkmen nomadic tribes who had only recently been fighting the Russian colonial power.--Esther Fihl offers an in-depth study of these Danish expeditions and presents the magnificent collection of objects brought back to the National Museum of Denmark. Drawing on diaries, reports, and published works and a scrutiny of the guiding principles for their collecting of objects, she demonstrates how these explorers portrayed the cultures encountered. This work is a treasure for anyone interested in Central Asia, early anthropological theory, material culture, or European travel literature.--Esther Fihl is a professor at the University of Copenhagen. Back To Top

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