Central Asian Studies
Ethno-Nationalism, Islam and the State in the Caucasus: Post-Soviet Disorder
1st Edition
Edited
By Moshe Gammer
October 20, 2010
With the region of the Caucasus with its ongoing, and even deteriorating, crisis and instability and its strategic and economic importance increasingly at the front of the world's attention, this volume presents and discusses some of the complexities and problems arising in the region such as ...
The Church of the East: A Concise History
1st Edition
By Wilhelm Baum, Dietmar W. Winkler
October 20, 2010
The Church of the East is currently the only complete history in English of the East Syriac Church of the East. It covers the periods of the Sassanians, Arabs, Mongols, Ottomans, the 20th century, and informs about the Syriac, Iranian and Chinese literature of this unique and almost forgotten part ...
Turkestan and the Fate of the Russian Empire
1st Edition
By Daniel Brower
July 21, 2010
The central argument of this book is that the half-century of Russian rule in Central Asia was shaped by traditions of authoritarian rule, by Russian national interests, and by a civic reform agenda that brought to Turkestan the principles that informed Alexander II's reform policies. This ...
Russia's Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924
2nd Edition
By Seymour Becker
May 14, 2009
This book examines the Russian conquest of the ancient Central Asian khanates of Bukhara and Khiva in the 1860s and 1870s, and the relationship between Russia and the territories until their extinction as political entities in 1924. It shows how Russia's approach developed from one of ...
Russian Culture in Uzbekistan: One Language in the Middle of Nowhere
1st Edition
By David MacFadyen
April 29, 2009
Recent political changes in Central Asia, where 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,...
Everyday Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia
1st Edition
By Maria Elisabeth Louw
November 28, 2008
Providing a wealth of empirical research on the everyday practise of Islam in post-Soviet Central Asia, this book gives a detailed account of how Islam is understood and practised among ordinary Muslims in the region, focusing in particular on Uzbekistan. It shows how individuals negotiate ...
Kazakhstan - Ethnicity, Language and Power
1st Edition
By Bhavna Dave
October 01, 2008
Kazakhstan is emerging as the most dynamic economic and political actor in Central Asia. It is the second largest country of the former Soviet Union, after the Russian Federation, and has rich natural resources, particularly oil, which is being exploited through massive US investment. Kazakhstan ...
Humanitarian Aid in Post-Soviet Countries: An Anthropological Perspective
1st Edition
By Laetitia Atlani-Duault
January 30, 2008
An anthropologist among aid workers. Her objective: to study that exotic tribe, humanitarian and development workers, along with their state and non-state partners, as they "export democracy" to post-soviet countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus. Her method: to join the tribe for ten years. ...