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Dark shadows : inside the secret world of Kazakhstan / Joanna Lillis.
Van Pelt Library DK908.867 .L55 2018
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lillis, Joanna, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Kazakhstan--History--21st century.
- Kazakhstan.
- Kazakhstan--Politics and government--1991-.
- Politics and government.
- Kazakhstan--Social conditions--1991-.
- Social conditions.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 303 pages : map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2018.
- Contents:
- I The Making of a Potentate
- 1 Arise, Kazakhstan p. 15
- 2 A Family Affair p. 26
- 3 Don't Mess With the Boss p. 39
- 4 Fault Lines in the Feel-Good Factor p. 51
- 5 Publish and Be Damned p. 63
- 6 Trials and Tribulations p. 73
- 7 Bread and Circuses p. 77
- 8 Back to the USSR p. 89
- 9 Stop the Presses p. 97
- II Identity Crisis
- 10 Kingdom of the Kazakhs p. 107
- 11 Mother Russia p. 115
- 12 Death to the Past p. 127
- 13 The Gulag Archipelago p. 137
- 14 Exile of the Innocents p. 146
- 15 Sparks of Tension p. 154
- 16 December of Discontent p. 159
- 17 Lure of the Land p. 172
- 18 Homeward Bound p. 182
- III Stories from the Steppe
- 19 Keeping the Faith p. 197
- 20 Opium of the People p. 204
- 21 Culture Wars p. 212
- 22 The Curse of Corruption p. 217
- 23 The Shrinking Sea p. 225
- 24 The Wasteland p. 234
- 25 The Ranch p. 244
- 26 The Slumbering Steppe p. 248
- 27 The Collective Farm p. 254.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-290) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781784538613
- 1784538612
- OCLC:
- 1064720714
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