This book analyzes how Central Asians actively engaged with the rapidly globalizing world of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In presenting the first English-language history of the Khanate of Khoqand (1709-1876), Scott C. Levi examines the rise of that extraordinarily d…
This book analyzes how Central Asians actively engaged with the rapidly globalizing world of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In presenting the first English-language history of the Khanate of Khoqand (1709-1876), Scott C. Levi examines the rise of that extraordinarily d…
This book analyzes how Central Asians actively engaged with the rapidly globalizing world of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In presenting the first English-language history of the Khanate of Khoqand (1709-1876), Scott C. Levi examines the rise of that extraordinarily d…
Women's Lives and Livelihoods in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan examines women's livelihood activities in response to land tenure changes in post-Soviet Uzbekistan. Zulfiya Tursunova shows how women's multi-dimensional empowerment is achieved by accessing natural resources and markets c…
Women in Uzbekistan have been labeled as victims of patriarchy and submissive, voiceless bodies who lack agency and decision-making power. They are also often symbolized as preservers of rituals and culture and also the victims of socio-economic transformations. During the years…
"State failure is a central challenge to international peace and security in the post-Cold War era. Yet theorizing on the causes of state failure remains surprisingly limited. In State Erosion, Lawrence P. Markowitz draws on his extensive fieldwork in two Central Asian republics…
State failure is a central challenge to international peace and security in the post-Cold War era. Yet theorizing on the causes of state failure remains surprisingly limited. The author draws on his fieldwork in two Central Asian republics - Tajikistan, where state institutions …
by Noble, John, Humphreys, Andrew, King, John
fromLonely Planet travel survival kit
When the Soviet Union asserted power over Uzbekistan in 1925, music was used as one of Russia’s tools in reshaping the Uzbek society. Ironically, since Uzbekistan’s independence in 1991, music became Uzbekistan’s way of finding its own identity and voice. During this period of R…
This dissertation investigates how post-Soviet Uzbekistan appropriated 15-16th century history and historiographies in constructing a national identity and a national historical memory. I pursue how a particular historiographic problem has played out in history-writing in Centra…
The emergence of women's NGO (Non Governmental Organization) movements within the framework of Uzbekistan's civil society sector - following independence in 1991 - has stimulated the interest of both domestic and international powers. It has become imperative to understand the c…
"While migration has become an all-important topic of discussion around the globe, mainstream literature on migrants' legal adaptation and integration has focused on case studies of immigrant communities in Western-style democracies. We know relatively little about how migrants …
Developing an understanding of migrants' legal adaptation in hybrid political regimes -- Migration, the shadow economy, and parallel legal orders in Russia -- Uzbek migrant workers in Russia : a case study -- Uzbek migrants' everyday encounters with employers and middlemen -- Uz…
"While migration has become an all-important topic of discussion around the globe, mainstream literature on migrants' legal adaptation and integration has focused on case studies of immigrant communities in Western-style democracies. We know relatively little about how migrants …
"While migration has become an all-important topic of discussion around the globe, mainstream literature on migrants' legal adaptation and integration has focused on case studies of immigrant communities in Western-style democracies. We know relatively little about how migrants …
