Under Solomon's throne : Uzbek visions of renewal in Osh /
Winner of the 2014 Central Eurasian Studies Society Book Award in the Social Sciences. Under Solomon's Throne provides a rare ground-level analysis of post-Soviet Central Asia's social and political paradoxes by focusing on an urban ethnic community: the Uzbeks in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, who have...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
©2012.
©2012 |
Colección: | Central Eurasia in context.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Winner of the 2014 Central Eurasian Studies Society Book Award in the Social Sciences. Under Solomon's Throne provides a rare ground-level analysis of post-Soviet Central Asia's social and political paradoxes by focusing on an urban ethnic community: the Uzbeks in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, who have maintained visions of societal renewal throughout economic upheaval, political discrimination, and massive violence. Morgan Liu illuminates many of the challenges facing Central Asia today by unpacking the predicament of Osh, a city whose experience captures key political and cultural issues of the region a. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (328 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780822977926 0822977923 1306555868 9781306555869 9780822961772 0822961776 |