THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS VOLUME IS TO INTRODUCE THE READER TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF CENTRAL ASIA, WITH A SECONDARY FOCUS ON THE CHANGES WHICH TOOK PLACE DURING THE PERIODS OF TSARIST AND SOVIET RULE. CHAPTERS ARE ARRANGED IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER--(I) ECOLOGY AND ECONOMY, (II) LANGUAGES, WITH APPENDED INFORMATION ON TURKIC LANGUAGES, (III) FORMATION OF PEOPLES, (IV) HISTORY, (V) RELIGION, (VI) FAMILY AND SOCIETY, (VII) DEMOGRAPHY, WITH 30 APPENDED DEMOGRAPHIC TABLES, AND (VIII) CITIES, WITH TWO APPENDED POPULATION AND URBAN TABLES. APPENDICES CONTAIN--(I) TABLES OF CURRENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRAL ASIA AND KAZAKHSTAN, (II) TRIBAL DIVISIONS, (III) CHART OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS, AND (IV) BRIEF NOTICES OF KAZAKHSTAN AND THE REPUBLICS OF CENTRAL ASIA. THIS VOLUME MAY BE OBTAINED FOR $4.00 FROM THE EDITOR, URALIC AND ALTAIC SERIES, RAYL HOUSE, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA 47401. (AMM)