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Karakalpak / Victor L. Mote.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mote, Victor L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Uzbekistan.
- Ethnology.
- Karakalpaks (Turkic people).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, Conn : Human Relations Area Files, 2002.
- Summary:
- The Karakalpak Republic makes up the eastern third of Uzbekistan. Karakalpaks are Sunni Muslims and they speak a Turkic language. In 1990 the Karakalpak population in Uzbekistan was estimated to be 380,000. The economy is dominated by state controlled and collectivized cotton agriculture. This file contains one document, a cultural summary by Victor A. Mote that was originally published in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, 1994. This summary includes information on history, settlement patterns, economy, kinship, marriage, family, sociopolitical organization, and religion.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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