Syllabus and Reading for SIBERIA
Course Readings:
Although we will have interpreters we highly recommend that you get
a conversational Russian
book. Just knowing the alphabet will make your stay more fun.
Get cassette tapes.
“Living Language; Conversational Russian” by Peterson, Nadya. 1993,
Crown Publishing New
York ISBN 0-517-59054-9 is an excellent source.
OR
the Berlitz Basic Russian Series
Click on the Adobe Acrobat pdf files or
The course readings are available at most university libraries, or on
the web through Northern
Arizona University (NAU) reserve (search under Cline library, Professor
Ostergren, OIS 499).
We will post the url address soon or they may be mailed to you after
registration.
Ostergren, D.M. 1998, System in Peril, International Journal of Wilderness
4(3) 12-17.
PERIL
Ostergren, D. M. and S. J. Hollenhorst. 1999. Convergence in protected
area policy: a
comparison of the Russian zapovednik and American wilderness systems.
Society and Natural
Resources. 12(4):293-313.
Book Chapters (this should be in most university libraries as well as
on reserve at NAU).
Pryde, P. R. 1991 in Environmental Management in the Soviet Union. Cambridge,
Cambridge
University Press. Chapter 8, Soviet Nature reserves (zapovedniki);
Chapter 9 National Parks
Hanson, P and M. J. Bradshaw. 1999. The territories of the Russian
federation, first edition, Europa Publications Limited, London, UK:
The territories and the federation: an economic perspective, pp 3-15.
Economic
Altai (Republic of Altai), pp 41-42.
Republic
Krais (Provinces), pp 107-109
Altai Krai
A map (in Russian)
Map
More readings will be assigned.
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OSTERGREN'S HOME PAGE