“Everyone will find their own special interest in this comprehensive history. . . . The interweaving of personal stories, memories, and impingement of events from the ‘outside’ world makes this Yupik history a thrilling read as well as a rich scholarly contribution to Anthropology and northern Studies.”
— Arctic Studies Center
“Igor Krupnik and Michael Chlenov have written the definitive history of the Chukotka Yupik people in the last century as no one else could, starting with living memory in 1971 and digging deep into local archives. onsidering their own personal contributions to that history and the politics involved, this is a heroic work in more ways than one. To Alaskans and readers everywhere, this book is invaluable.”
— Michael Krauss, University of Alaska
“A momentous treatise, Yupik Transitions offers a moving (emotionally and through time) depiction of a one-off social system.”
— Arctic
“Using oral histories and archeological and documentary evidence from Russia and the United States while drawing on a substantial bibliography of secondary sources, ethnographers Igor Krupnik and Michael Chlenov have written a comprehensive historical account of Yupik social institutions.”
— Native American and Indigenous Studies
"This is a beautifully produced, extremely scholarly, yet highly readable work, written by two co-authors who have an intimate knowledge of their topic. . . . For present-day Yupik peoples it must represent a treasure trove of information on their history and culture. Although YupikTransitions is exemplary in the scholarship it displays, it is also beautifully written and eminently readable, and would be a most welcome addition to the bookshelf of anyone who has an interest in Arctic history and social organization in general, and the Chukotka Yupik in particular."
— Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research