Table of Contents

Part I. Confrontation Between Two Civilizations
1. Encounter / Edward A. Allworth
2. People, Languages, and Migrations / Karl H. Menges

3. The Population and the Land / Ian Murray Matley
Part II. From the Russian Capture of Tashkent to Full Socialization, 1865-1966
4. Systematic Conquest, 1865 to 1885 / Helene Carrere d’Encausse
5. Organizing and Colonizing the Conquered Territories / Helene Carrere d’Encausse
6. The Stirring of National Feeling / Helene Carrere d’Encausse
7. Social and Political Reform / Helene Carrere d’Encausse
8. The Fall of the Czarist Empire / Helene Carrere d’Encausse
9. Civil War and New Governments / Helene Carrere d’Encausse
10. The National Republics Lose Their Independence / Helene Carrere d’Encausse
11. Agricultural Development (1865-1963) / Ian Murray Matley
12. Industrialization (1865-1964) / Ian Murray Matley
13. The Changing Intellectual and Literary Community / Edward A. Allworth
14. The Focus of Literature / Edward A. Allworth
15. Musical Tradition and Innovation / Johanna Spector
16. Modernizing Architecture, Art, and Town Plans / Arthur Sprague
Part III. Followers and Leaders, 1967-1993
17. The New Central Asians / Edward A. Allworth
18. The Hunger for Modern Leadership / Edward A. Allworth
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Contributors
Acknowledgments

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About the Author

Edward Allworth is Emeritus Professor of Turco-Soviet Studies and Special Lecturer, Columbia University. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Harriman Institute and of the Center for the Study of Central Asia, Columbia University.

Reviews

"A very useful background text... This work will long remain an expert tool for all those interested in the new Muslim states in Central Asia." Jacob B. Landau, Middle Eastern Studies From reviews of the second edition: "The best available survey of Soviet Central Asia."--Stuart Thompstone, European History Quarterly "Excellent background reading..."--Mervyn Matthews, Asian Affairs