| Description |
1 online resource (241 pages) |
| Series |
Westview series on the post-Soviet republics |
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Westview series on the post-Soviet republics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables and Illustrations; Preface; A Note on Languages in Central Asia; 1 New States and Ancient Societies; Independence and Freedom; The Many Faces of Central Asia; The End of Empire; To Become a Nation; The Future and the Past; Notes; 2 Legacies of Central Asia; Geography and Destiny; Central Asian Heritage; The Meaning of Hurmat; Kinship, Culture, and Worship; Language and Identity; Notes; 3 The Soviet Socialist Republics of Central Asia; Development and Russification in the Kazak Republic; Kirgizia"": Soviet Mountain Outpost |
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Tadzhikistan"": Across the Cultural DivideTurkmenia"": Soviet Borderland; Party Fiefdom in Uzbekiston; Central Asia and the Demise of the USSR; Notes; 4 Central Asian States Emergent; Asian Liberalism in Kazakstán; Kazakstán: The Road to a Market Economy; The Democratic Experiment in Kyrgyzstan; The Democratic Experiment Goes Awry; Tojikiston: Land Between Two Worlds; Tojikiston in Flames; Turkmenistan: A Central Asia nSultanate; Authoritarian Populism in Uzbekiston; Tides of Uzbek Hegemony; Notes; 5 Central Asia and the World; The ""Great Game"" Revisited; Russia and Central Asia |
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Russia and OilCentral Asia's Neighbors; The United States and Central Asia; Foreign Assistance to Central Asia; Agriculture, Land, Water, and the Environment; Notes; 6 Transition in Asia; The Gathering Authority of Islam; Good Government and the Rule of Law; Central Asi a Today and Tomorrow; Notes; Chronology; Sources; About the Book and Author; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Post-communism -- Asia, Central
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Economic history
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Politics and government
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Post-communism
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| SUBJECT |
Asia, Central -- Politics and government -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94001932
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Asia, Central -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97004877
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| Subject |
Central Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429965326 |
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042996532X |
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9780429976407 |
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0429976402 |
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