Kazakhstan (Modern World Nations)

Kazakhs and their unique customs while ignoring the urban residents. A map in the geography section doesn't include all of the cities and regions or the important oil and natural gas reserves. In the final chapter on the future of Kazakhstan, the author suggests that there is a need for the formation of a bilingual society in which the majority of people speak both the Kazakh and Russian languages. In fact, many urban Kazakhs speak only Russian as do the ethnic Slavs. Finally, the last half of the book contains a number of annoying typos. The color photos are good; one only wishes that there were more of them, as in Pang Guek-Cheng's Kazakhstan