Central Asia: One Hundred Thirty Years of Russian Dominance, A Historical Overview, 3rd ed. (Central Asia Book Series)

For centuries, Central Asia has been a leading civilization, an Islamic heartland, and a geographical link between West and East. After a long traditional history, it is now in a state of change. With the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, five newborn Central Asian states have emerged in place of the former Soviet Central Asia and Afghanistan. Central Asia provides the most comprehensive survey of the history of the impact of Russian rule upon the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural life of this diverse region. Together, these essays convey a sense of the region’s community as well as the divisive policies that have affected it for so long. Now in its third edition (it was first published in 1967 and revised in 1989), this new edition of Central Asia has been updated to include a new preface, a revised and updated bibliography, and a final chapter that brings the book up to 1994 in considering the crucial problems that stem from a deprivation of sovereign, indigenous leadership over the past 130 years. This volume provides a broad and essential background for understanding what has led up to the late twentieth-century configuration of Central Asia. Contents Central Asia Book Series Figures Tables Preface Part I. Confrontation Between Two Civilizations 1. Encounter / Edward 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 Sovietization, 1865-1966 4. Systematic Conquest, 1865 to 1884 / 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 Murrary Matley 12. Industrialization (1865-1964) / Ian Murrary Matley 13. The Changing Intellectual and Literary Community / Edward Allworth 14. The Focus of Literature / Edward 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 Allworth 18. The Hunger for Modern Leadership / Edward Allworth Bibliography Glossary Index Contributors Acknowldegments For centuries, Central Asia has been a leading civilization, an Islamic heartland, and a geographical link between West and East. This work provides a comprehensive survey of the history of the impact of Russian rule upon the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural life of this diverse region.