Central Asia contexts for understanding
Central Asia is a diverse and complex region of the world often characterized in the West as being difficult to access. Central Asia: Contexts for Understanding offers the most comprehensive introduction to the region available. Combining thematic chapters with case studies, readers will learn to ap...
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Pittsburgh, Pa.
University of Pittsburgh Press
[2022]
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Intro
- Contents
- About this Book
- About the Notes
- Note on Transliteration and Spelling
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Central Asia in Context | David W. Montgomery
- Mapping Context | Julien Thorez and Emmanuel Giraudet
- Maps
- Part I. Contextualizing Central Asia
- 1. Central Asia as Global | Alexander Cooley
- 2. Central Asia as Local | Morgan Y. Liu
- 3. Central Asia as Place | Alexander C. Diener and Nick Megoran
- 4. Central Asia as Story | Benjamin Gatling
- Cases
- I-A. Ordinary Soviet Life through Collectivization | Marianne Kamp
- I-B. Regulation and Appropriation of Islam in Authoritarian Political Contexts | Tim Epkenhans
- I-C. Migration from the Deep South to the Far North as Central Asian "Glocalism" | Marlène Laruelle
- Discussion Questions and Further Reading
- Part II. Contexts of History
- 5. Precolonial Central Asia | Scott C. Levi
- 6. Colonial Central Asia | Alexander Morrison
- 7. Soviet Central Asia | Ali İğmen
- 8. Post-Soviet Central Asia | David G. Lewis
- Cases
- II-A. The Rise of Vali Bay, an Entrepreneur between Two Empires | David Brophy
- II-B. The Management of Islam in the Late Soviet Period | Adeeb Khalid
- III-C. Gendered Aspects of Soviet Industrialization in Ak Tyuz | Botakoz Kassymbekova
- Discussion Questions and Further Reading
- Part III. Contexts of Living
- 9. Rural Life | Tommaso Trevisani
- 10. Urban Life | Natalie Koch
- 11. Migratory Life | Madeleine Reeves
- 12. Diaspora Life | Medina Aitieva
- Cases
- III-A. Mobility and the Rural Modern along Tajikistan's Pamir Highway | Till Mostowlansky
- III-B. From Potemkin Village to Real Life in Turkmenistan | Sebastian Peyrouse
- III-C. Private Education, Inequality, and the Growing Social Divide in Bishkek | Emil Nasritdinov, Aigoul Abdoubaetova, and Gulnora Iskandarova