Nationalism in Central Asia : a biography of the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan boundary / Nick Megoran.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Megoran, Nick, author.

Series:

• Central Eurasia in context
• Central Eurasia In Context Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Relations.
• Nationalism.
• Boundaries.
• Uzbekistan--Boundaries--Kyrgyzstan.
• Kyrgyzstan--Boundaries--Uzbekistan.
• Nationalism--Uzbekistan.
• Nationalism--Kyrgyzstan.
• Uzbekistan--Politics and government--1991-.
• Uzbekistan.
• Politics and government.
• Kyrgyzstan--Politics and government--1991-.
• Kyrgyzstan.
• Kyrgyzstan--Relations--Uzbekistan.
• Uzbekistan--Relations--Kyrgyzstan.
• International relations.

Physical Description:

xvi, 348 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Biography of the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan boundary

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2017]

Summary:

"Nick Megoran explores the process of building independent nation-states in post-Soviet Central Asia through the lens of the boundary between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, using a combination of political, historical, ethnographic, and geographic frames to shed new light on this process."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• Introduction: making borders, making worlds
• Uzbekistan: building the nation, defending the border
• Kyrgyzstan: contested visions of the nation
• Caught in the middle: life in the "neutral zone"
• Osh's borders: a matter of life and death
• Conclusion: the destruction of the Ferghana Valley
• Appendix I: Transliteration tables
• Appendix II: Divergent spellings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9780822964421
• 0822964422

OCLC:

1001413924