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Author : Yuri Kulchik
Release : 1996-05
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 886/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Central Asia After the Empire by : Yuri Kulchik
Download or read book Central Asia After the Empire written by Yuri Kulchik. This book was released on 1996-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A succinct survey of the history and peoples of the new Central Asian republics.
Author : Jed C. Snyder
Release : 2002
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 649/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis After Empire by : Jed C. Snyder
Download or read book After Empire written by Jed C. Snyder. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Soviet Union collapsed, fifteen sovereign states suddenly appeared on the geopolitical landscape. None were less prepared for independence than the five republics of Central Asia. The peoples of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan had existed for seven decades in a semi-feudal state of suspension. The region, so dependent upon Soviet largesse that its rich cultural history was nearly smothered, had been the object of imperial competition for centuries - Soviet domination being merely the latest. This book incorporates research papers and discussions originally presented at a conference of leading scholars from the United States, Russia, Europe, and the Middle East who gathered to examine the regions political, economic, social, and security evolution since 1989. As the papers illustrate, the Wests image of Central Asia as a homogeneous belt of Islamic countries with uniform views of the regions future orientation is false. The papers also illustrate that hyperbolic prognoses of an "Islamic implosion" threatening to embroil the region in violent insurrections, possibly spreading throughout the former Soviet Union and the Middle East, are false as well. They have simply not materialized. Islam, in fact, has yet to emerge as a potent political force in Central Asia. This region is now lifting itself from economic obscurity and political isolation. Although distinct national identities are only in formative stages today, each of the five Central Asian states is likely to move in an individual direction, motivated by distinct national interests. The key issue is the extent of Russias influence in Central Asia and its long-term implications for the regions security. After Empire makes an important contribution to the better understanding of this very complex, indeed mysterious, region.
Author : Adeeb Khalid
Release : 2022-11-29
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 198/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Central Asia by : Adeeb Khalid
Download or read book Central Asia written by Adeeb Khalid. This book was released on 2022-11-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major history of Central Asia and how it has been shaped by modern world events Central Asia is often seen as a remote and inaccessible land on the peripheries of modern history. Encompassing Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and the Xinjiang province of China, it in fact stands at the crossroads of world events. Adeeb Khalid provides the first comprehensive history of Central Asia from the mid-eighteenth century to today, shedding light on the historical forces that have shaped the region under imperial and Communist rule. Predominantly Muslim with both nomadic and settled populations, the peoples of Central Asia came under Russian and Chinese rule after the 1700s. Khalid shows how foreign conquest knit Central Asians into global exchanges of goods and ideas and forged greater connections to the wider world. He explores how the Qing and Tsarist empires dealt with ethnic heterogeneity, and compares Soviet and Chinese Communist attempts at managing national and cultural difference. He highlights the deep interconnections between the "Russian" and "Chinese" parts of Central Asia that endure to this day, and demonstrates how Xinjiang remains an integral part of Central Asia despite its fraught and traumatic relationship with contemporary China. The essential history of one of the most diverse and culturally vibrant regions on the planet, this panoramic book reveals how Central Asia has been profoundly shaped by the forces of modernity, from colonialism and social revolution to nationalism, state-led modernization, and social engineering.
Author : Alexander Morrison
Release : 2019-10-02
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 442/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Central Asian Revolt of 1916 by : Alexander Morrison
Download or read book The Central Asian Revolt of 1916 written by Alexander Morrison. This book was released on 2019-10-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1916 Revolt was a key event in the history of Central Asia, and of the Russian Empire in the First World War. This volume is the first comprehensive re-assessment of its causes, course and consequences in English for over sixty years. It draws together a new generation of leading historians from North America, Japan, Europe, Russia and Central Asia, working with Russian archival sources, oral narratives, poetry and song in Kazakh and Kyrgyz. These illuminate in unprecedented detail the origins and causes of the revolt, and the immense human suffering which it entailed. They also situate the revolt in a global perspective as part of a chain of rebellions and disturbances that shook the world’s empires, as they crumbled under the pressures of total war.
Author : Christopher I. Beckwith
Release : 2020-07-21
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 304/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia by : Christopher I. Beckwith
Download or read book The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia written by Christopher I. Beckwith. This book was released on 2020-07-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This narrative history of the Tibetan Empire in Central Asia from about A.D. 600 to 866 depicts the struggles of the great Tibetan, Turkic, Arab, and Chinese powers for dominance over the Silk Road lands that connected Europe and East Asia. It shows the importance of overland contacts between East and West in the Early Middle Ages and elucidates Tibet's role in the conflict over Central Asia.
