The Races of Russia, Vol. 69
The Races of Russia, Vol. 69

Author: Ales Hrdlička

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-07-13

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 9780282924249

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Excerpt from The Races of Russia, Vol. 69: With 1 Map So far as known to science, European Russia began to be peopled, during the latter phases of the paleolithic epoch and the following neolithic times. Some skulls found in Russian Poland and south western Russia show features that still remind the anthropologist quite strongly of those of the Neanderthal man, but on the whole the type is already fairly modern. The remains from these earlier times are, however, still rare and limited to territories into which extension from the more southern and western parts of Europe was easily practicable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Russia's Demographic "crisis"
Russia's Demographic

Author: Julie DaVanzo

Publisher: RAND Corporation

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13:

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During the last several years, the Russian public and Russian policymakers have been becoming increasingly concerned about demographic trends in their country. The six papers in this volume reflect the current state of knowledge in two broad categories: (1) fertility and family planning; and (2) issues in the area of health and morality--health status, health care, and population growth.

Mapping Europe's Borderlands
Mapping Europe's Borderlands

Author: Steven Seegel

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2012-05-14

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0226744256

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The simplest purpose of a map is a rational one: to educate, to solve a problem, to point someone in the right direction. Maps shape and communicate information, for the sake of improved orientation. But maps exist for states as well as individuals, and they need to be interpreted as expressions of power and knowledge, as Steven Seegel makes clear in his impressive and important new book. Mapping Europe’s Borderlands takes the familiar problems of state and nation building in eastern Europe and presents them through an entirely new prism, that of cartography and cartographers. Drawing from sources in eleven languages, including military, historical-pedagogical, and ethnographic maps, as well as geographic texts and related cartographic literature, Seegel explores the role of maps and mapmakers in the East Central European borderlands from the Enlightenment to the Treaty of Versailles. For example, Seegel explains how Russia used cartography in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars and, later, formed its geography society as a cover for gathering intelligence. He also explains the importance of maps to the formation of identities and institutions in Poland, Ukraine, and Lithuania, as well as in Russia. Seegel concludes with a consideration of the impact of cartographers’ regional and socioeconomic backgrounds, educations, families, career options, and available language choices.