Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 1120
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Trim: 6½ x 9⅜
978-1-5381-0226-8 • Hardback • 2 vol set • August 2017 • $276.00 • (£215.00)
978-1-5381-0227-5 • eBook • August 2017 • $262.00 • (£204.00)
Alan J.K. Sanders is an independent scholar and freelance writer. He was the Lecturer in Mongolian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has written and edited several books on Mongolia and he was awarded the Mongolian Order of the Pole Star in April 2007 for promoting British-Mongolian relations, Mongolian studies and Mongolian history and culture.
Editor’s Foreword Jon Woronoff
Reader’s Note
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Maps
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendix A: Mongolian Great Khural 2008–12
Appendix B: Mongolian Great Khural 2012–16
Appendix C: Mongolian Great Khural 2016–
Appendix D: MPP Little Khural 2010
Appendix E: MPP Little Khural 2013
Appendix F: Ulan Bator City Council 2016
Appendix G: Cabinet List December 2016
Bibliography
About the Author
The fourth edition of Sanders's impressive dictionary consists of two volumes and totals 1,020 pages, a considerable increase from the first edition—2nd ed. (CH, Oct'03, 41-0702)—and an increase of 52 pages since the third edition (2010). In addition to including ancient and medieval Mongolia as well as the communist period, the fourth edition has exhaustive coverage of the post-1990 period. Besides the chronology and entries, Sanders (independent scholar) includes seven appendixes listing members of the Great and Little Khurals (assemblies) from 2008 to 2016 as well as the cabinet from 2016. The bibliography was suitably updated to include publications through 2016, and the "Addenda" includes entries related to the 2017 Mongolian presidential election…. [A]nyone following political events in Mongolia will find this work of the utmost importance. There are also delightful surprises, such as Sanders’s inclusion of the Death Worm, a cryptozoological creature that has become prominent because of the internet. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All public and academic levels/libraries.— Choice Reviews
Alan Sanders’ two volume Historical Dictionary of Mongolia has been fully updated and expanded, and thus it is the latest edition of the book. Prepare yourself a snack of aarul (a foodstuff produced from aarts, the residue left from straining the whey after boiling fer mented milk (tarag), which is then compressed, dried, and sliced), which happens to be the first entry in the dictionary, and then immerse yourself for a few hours in the undeniably rich but underappreciated culture of Mongolia.
— Asian Affairs