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The Modern Uzbeks: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present: A Cultural History (Studies of Nationalities)
Allworth
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Paperback. Num Pages: 424 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HBJ; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
In this study of the modern Uzbeks, Professor Edward A. Allworth provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of an important group of Muslim people who live within the boundaries of the Soviet Union. After the Russians and the Ukranians, the Uzbeks are the largest ethnic group in the Soviet Union and the strongest of a number of Muslim communities that populate the vast region of Central Asia.
In this study of the modern Uzbeks, Professor Edward A. Allworth provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of an important group of Muslim people who live within the boundaries of the Soviet Union. After the Russians and the Ukranians, the Uzbeks are the largest ethnic group in the Soviet Union and the strongest of a number of Muslim communities that populate the vast region of Central Asia.
Although he concentrates especially on the imperial Russian and Soviet periods of history, the author also gives earlier periods of Uzbek history solid scholarly assessment. Meticulously analyzed are Uzbek relations with their ... Read more
Also included is a critique of Soviet historiography and the underlying philosophical and ideological commitments that have shaped the study of history in the Soviet Union. Invaluable to scholars is the survey and assessment of Uzbek documents in Turkish, European, and American depositories.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Stanford, United States
ISBN
9780817987329
SKU
V9780817987329
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About Allworth
Edward A. Allworth is a Professor of Turco-Soviet Studies, Head of the Center for the Study of Central Asia and the Division of Central Asian Studies, and Director of the Program on Soviet Nationality Problems, all at Columbia University.
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