Tajikistan : a political and social history / Kirill Nourzhanov and Christian Bleuer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nourzhanov, Kirill, author.

Bleuer, Christian, author.

Series:

Asian studies series monograph ; 5.

Asian studies series monograph ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Tajikistan--Politics and government.

Tajikistan.

Tajikistan--Social conditions.

Tajikistan--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra : ANU E Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Text file

Summary:

This book is a historical study of the Tajiks in Central Asia from the ancient times to the post-Soviet period.

Contents:

Preliminary pages

List of Maps, Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Note on Transliteration

Map 1 Tajikistan's Neighbours and Major Cities

Introduction

1. Tajiks on the Crossroads of History, from Antiquity to the Age of Colonialism

2. Forging Tajik Identity: Ethnic Origins, National-Territorial Delimitation and Nationalism

3. State Formation in the Soviet Era, 1917 to the 1960s

4. Traditional Society and Regionalism in Soviet Tajikistan

5. Formal and Informal Political Institutions in Soviet Tajikistan

6. Experimentation, Turmoil and Fragmentation under Gorbachev, 1985-1991

7. The Rise of Opposition, the Contraction of the State and the Road to Independence

8. Islam in Society and Politics

9. From Political Confrontation to Civil War, 1991-1992

Epilogue: The Civil War of 1992

Appendix I: Districts of Tajikistan

Appendix II: Major Ethnic Groups in Tajikistan

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 19, 2016).

ISBN:

9781925021165

1925021165

OCLC:

857187071

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.26530/OAPEN_459996