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Tribal Nation : The Making of Soviet Turkmenistan /

On October 27, 1991, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic declared its independence from the Soviet Union. Hammer and sickle gave way to a flag, a national anthem, and new holidays. Seven decades earlier, Turkmenistan had been a stateless conglomeration of tribes. What brought about this remarkable...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Edgar, Adrienne Lynn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2006]
Edición:Course Book
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION
  • INTRODUCTION. Tribe, Class, and Nation in Turkmenistan
  • PART I. MAKING A NATION
  • CHAPTER ONE. Sources of Identity among the Turkmen
  • CHAPTER TWO. Assembling the Nation: The Creation of a Turkmen National Republic
  • CHAPTER THREE. Ethnic Preferences and Ethnic Conflict
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Helpers, Not Nannies
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Dueling Dialects
  • PART II: CONSTRUCTING SOCIALISM
  • CHAPTER SIX. A Nation Divided
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. Cotton and Collectivization
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Emancipation of the Unveiled
  • CONCLUSION. From Soviet Republic to Independent Nation-State
  • GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX