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Geographic Perspectives on Soviet Central Asiaby Robert Lewis
Routledge 1992; US$ 224.00In a unique survey, based on new census data, this book highlights the region's geographic, economic and ecological problems since 1945. more...
Islam and Colonialismby Will Myer
RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 178.00This book questions the suitability of the colonial model for understanding Soviet Asia's recent political history and challenges many of the assumptions which underlay the adoption of such a model. more...
Central Asia and the Caucasusby Sanjyot Mehendale; Turaj Atabaki
Routledge 2004; US$ 39.95This book focuses on the dynamics among transnational forces within and beyond Central Asia and explores the roles played by diaspora communities in Central Asia and the Caucasus. more...
Central Asiaby Tom Everett-Heath
RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 58.95Examines the transition Central Asia underwent in the twentieth century following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Soviet colonial legacy and the attempts of new states to build secular states within the radical Islamic world. more...
Decline of Russian Culture in Central Asiaby David MacFadyen
RoutledgeCurzon 2005; US$ 44.95Recent political changes in Central Asia, whereby the United States is replacing Russia as the dominant power, are having a profound effect on Russian speakers in the region. These people, formerly perceived as progressive and engaging with Europe, are now confronted by the erasure of their literary, musical, cinematic and journalistic culture, as local ethnic and American cultures become much stronger. This book examines the predicament of Russian culture in Central Asia, looking at literature, language, cinema, music, and religion. It argues that in fact the Soviet past was much more complex than the simplified, polarised rhetoric of the Cold War period allows; and also that the present situation, in which politicians from the former Soviet... more...
Heart of Asiaby Edward Denison Ross; Frances Henry Skrine
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 178.00Originally published in 1899, The Heart of Asia is a definitive history of Central Asia from pre-history to the contemporary machinations of the Russian empire. more...
A History of Inner Asiaby Svat Soucek
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 32.00The author charts the history of Inner Asia from the arrival of Islam. The contemporary focus rests on the seven countries which comprise Eurasia. Since 1991, a divergent literature has evolved responding to renewed interest in the region. No comprehensive survey exists however and Soucek's book will fill the gap. more...
The Establishment of National Republics in Soviet Central Asiaby Arne Haugen
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2003; US$ 140.00After centuries of expansion the Russian Empire at the beginning of the 20th century included an immensely diverse population. This book examines the role of nation and nationality in the Soviet Union and analyses the establishment of national republics in soviet Central Asia. more...
Conflict and Security in Central Asia and the Caucasusby Hooman Peimani
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 155.00This insightful work maps out both the possibilities and the dangers that lie ahead for the nations of Central Asia and the Caucasus. The book analyzes the current security situation and clarifies its historical context, identifying the factors that have shaped the security of these young nations since their independence. It also examines the parametersópolitical, economic, ethnic, energy, and militaryóthat will decide the security of the region in the future.||The bookís author, a senior independent consultant to the United Nations, tells the whole story behind the headlines when he discusses, for example, the real reason for the ìwine warî of 2006, when Russia banned imports of Georgian wine for ìhealth reasons,î or when explaining the impact... more...
The History of the Central Asian Republicsby Peter L. Roudik
Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 45.00Delve into Central Asia's complex history to learn how the nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan have evolved through the centuries to become cultural hotspots in recent years. more...









