Qazaqliq, or Ambitious Brigandage, and the Formation of the Qazaqs : State and Identity in Post-Mongol Central Eurasia

In Qazaqliq, or Ambitious Brigandage, and the Formation of the Qazaqs Joo-Yup Lee examines the formation of the Qazaqs and other group identities within the context of the role of the cossack/qazaqliq phenomenon in state formation in post-Mongol Central Eurasia.

"The author has done a great service for historians of the Kazakhs, particularly those hoping to introduce monolingual students to the rich sources for medieval Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Those wishing to follow along with Lee's analysis more closely are welcomed to do so by the inclusion of two appendices marking the appearance and context of the terms qazaqliq and qazaq in medieval (Appendix 1) and modern sources (Appendix 2). The book also includes several maps, though they are difficult to read as they contain only river courses, ethnic labels, and the occasional city. Comprising the annotated bibliography in the introduction, a bibliography, an index and two helpful family trees, the scholarly apparatus should be useful to a wide array of scholars even tangentially interested in the field of Kazakh history." - Michael Hancock-Parmer, Indiana University Bloomington, USA, in Central Asian Review, 2016