An ethnohistory of the people of Siberia from Russian conquest to the 1980s. Forsyth looks at 30 indigenous groups, comparing their experience with the Eskimos and Indians of North America. Along with the Yakuts, Tatars and Chukchis, this comprehensive study also features the peoples of Lake Baikal, Manchuria and the Russian-Chinese border. With 16 halftones and 12 maps.  (SIB03, $48.00)