Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations, Figures and Maps x
4. Notes on Transliteration xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. First Introductions
7. Chapter 1. Beginnings 7
8. Chapter 2. Relations 12
9. Chapter 3. Ölgii Town 14
10. Chapter 4. Drive to Soghakh 19
11. Chapter 5. First Days with the Family 25
12. Chapter 6. Two Horsemen 33
13. Chapter 7. Night-Time and Morning Rituals 36
14. Part II. Transitions
15. Chapter 8. The Young Accountant 43
16. Chapter 9. The Letter 48
17. Chapter 10. The First House in the First Street 51
18. Chapter 11. Thinking about the Past 60
19. Chapter 12. The Age of the Market 63
20. Chapter 13. Thick as Cream 72
21. Chapter 14. Saving Graces 77
22. Part III. Decisions
23. Chapter 15. Living Arrangements 87
24. Chapter 16. The People Who Move 90
25. Chapter 17. The Winter Slaughter 96
26. Chapter 18. Silver Flower 100
27. Chapter 19. French Extraordinaires 107
28. Chapter 20. Daughters-in-Law 109
29. Chapter 21. The Young Uncle 113
30. Part IV. Into the Past
31. Chapter 22. The Shaman’s Son 119
32. Chapter 23. The Closure of the Steppe 122
33. Chapter 24. The Mongols of the West 125
34. Chapter 25. New Year’s Eve 128
35. Chapter 26. Kazakhs and Western Mongols 131
36. Chapter 27. Night-Time Walk 135
37. Chapter 28. Cossack Warriors and Settler Pioneers 138
38. Chapter 29. A People Frozen in Time 145
39. Chapter 30. Four Brothers 148
40. Part V. New Futures
41. Chapter 31. Across the Border 159
42. Chapter 32. A Scar Necklace 163
43. Chapter 33. A New Homeland 168
44. Chapter 34. Family Ties 172
45. Chapter 35. Kazakh Rebel Fighters of the Altai 175
46. Chapter 36. One Hundred Per Cent Kazakh 178
47. Chapter 37. The Red Terror 181
48. Chapter 38. Kurban Ait 186
49. Chapter 39. Mongolia’s Rich Cradle 190
50. Part VI. Broken Ties
51. Chapter 40. Stuck 199
52. Chapter 41. The Strong-Willed Girl 201
53. Chapter 42. Dimpled Bakhytbek 204
54. Chapter 43. A Short Break 208
55. Chapter 44. Broken Crown 211
56. Chapter 45. The Visitor 216
57. Chapter 46. Journey to Kazakhstan 220
58. Part VII. New Worlds, Old Ties
59. Chapter 47. Two Worlds 227
60. Chapter 48. Brave New World 231
61. Chapter 49. A First Wedding 238
62. Chapter 50. Elnara’s Journey 242
63. Chapter 51. An Autumn Wedding 245
64. Chapter 52. Conclusion: A Magpie’s Tale 249
65. Bibliography 253
66. Index 260