Exploring Central Asia : from the steppes to the high Pamirs, 1896-1899 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fihl, Esther, 1953-
Corporate Authors:	Nationalmuseet (Denmark), Carlsberg Foundation's Nomad Research Project
Other Authors:	Nicolaisen, Ida
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2010.
Series:	Carlsberg Foundation's Nomad Research Project (Series)
Subjects:	Olufsen, O. > (Ole), > 1865-1929. Nationalmuseet (Denmark) > Catalogs. Kopenhagen / Nationalmuseum. Nomads > Asia, Central. Ethnology > Asia, Central > 19th century. Expedities. Nationalmuseet Kopenhagen. Etnografica. Kunsthandwerk. Expedition. Asia, Central > Description and travel > 19th century. Asia, Central > Antiquities. Asia, Central > History > 19th century. Dänemark. Zentralasien.
Online Access:	Publisher description

Table of Contents:

Vol. 1. Editor's preface : Danish nomad research, an overview ; Author's acknowledgements : a sketch of the research process ; Introduction ; Written sources and beyond ; The Danish setting in the 1890s ; travelling on a museum assignment ; Collecting objects ; The museum life of the objects ; Kyrgyz nomads in the Pamirs ; Agropastoralists in Vakhan ; Catalogue
vol. 2. Turkmen nomads in Merv ; The Khanate of Khiva ; The Emirate of Bukhara and the Russian-controlled part of Turkestan ; Catalogue ; Representations of Central Asia ; Conclusion.