In the first half of the eighteenth century, Central Asia's Bukharan Khanate descended into a crisis from which it would not recover. Bukharans suffered failed harvests and famine, a severe fiscal downturn, invasions from the north and the south, rebellion, and then revolution. …
"Persianate Selves challenges accepted notions of what it meant to be Persian in the eighteenth century. Drawing on commemorative texts, this book reveals that to be Persian was not necessarily to be Iranian. Persians hailed from a variety of places across Central, South, and We…
"For its citizens, contemporary Central Asia is a land of great promise and peril. While the end of Soviet rule has opened new opportunities for social mobility and cultural expression, political and economic dynamics have also imposed severe hardships. In this lively volume, co…
For its citizens, contemporary Central Asia is a land of great promise and peril. While the end of Soviet rule has opened new opportunities for social mobility and cultural expression, political and economic dynamics have also imposed severe hardships. In this lively volume, con…
Citizenship, democratization and nationalism : the challenge of gender / Barbara Einhorn -- The influence of European Union legislation on gender equality in Central and Eastern Europe / Amanda Sloat -- Public policies as vehicles of social exclusion : the case of Romani women's…
"At the turn of the twentieth century, thousands of Central Asians made the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Traveling long distances, many lived for extended periods in Ottoman cities dotting the routes. Though technically foreigners, these Muslim colonial subjects often blurred the…
"With fifty percent new material, the second edition of Central Asian Cultures, Arts, and Architecture explores the prehistoric and ancient cultural accomplishments that influenced the Golden Age of inner Eurasia during the medieval era"--.
Introduction / Marlène Laruelle -- Part I. The legacy of the Soviet intervention -- Central Asian soldiers and the Soviet war in Afghanistan: an introduction / Artemy M. Kalinovsky -- A oral history of the Soviet-Afghan War: interviews with Central Asian Afgantsy / Marlène Larue…
This is the third volume of Getzel Cohen's important work on the Hellenistic settlements in the ancient world. Through the conquests of Alexander the Great, his successors and others, Greek and Macedonian culture spread deep into Asia, with colonists settling as far away as Bact…