| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 316 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction : with dreams begin responsibilities -- Decolonization, de-Stalinization, and development -- Ayni's children : the making of a Tajik professional elite after Stalin -- The object of development : Central Asian social scientists and the meaning of equality, prosperity, and progress -- The hiding hand : planning, improvization, and the building of the Nurek Dam -- City you can write about : internationalism, social welfare, and urban utopia in Nurek -- Shepherds into builders : making the new Tajik man and woman -- Tractors, power lines, and the welfare state : the contradictions of the cotton economy and technological innovation -- A torch lighting the way to progress and civilization : Soviet Central Asia as a model of development -- Rethinking development in the era of glasnost : environmentalism, nationalism, and protest -- Conclusion : a dream deferred |
| Summary |
"Focusing on the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, this book places the Soviet development of Central Asia, and the Soviet hope for communism's bringing prosperity to a supposedly backward area, in global context"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 09, 2018) |
| Subject |
Economic development -- Tajikistan -- History -- 20th century
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Communism and society -- History -- 20th century
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Tajikistan -- History -- 20th century
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Central-local government relations -- Tajikistan -- History -- 20th century
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Electronic books.
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e-books.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Central Asia.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
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Central-local government relations
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Communism and society
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Economic development
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Elite (Social sciences)
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Tajikistan -- Politics and government -- 20th century
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125849
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| Subject |
Soviet Union
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Tajikistan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017057140 |
| ISBN |
9781501715587 |
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1501715585 |
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