Tribal Nation : The Making of Soviet Turkmenistan /
In 1917 Turkmenistan was a vague collection of semi-nomadic tribes under Russian domination. This book explores the creation of a Turkmen nation, partly Soviet policy & partly the evolution of indigenous notions of identity. The author offers a scholarly analysis of Soviet nation building in Asi...
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2006, 2004.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Tribe, class, and nation in Turkmenistan
- Sources of identity among the Turkmen
- Assembling the nation: the creation of a Turkmen National Republic
- Ethnic preferences and ethnic conflict: the rise of a Turkmen national elite
- Helpers, not nannies: Moscow and the Turkmen communist party
- Dueling dialects: the creation of a Turkmen language
- A nation divided: class struggle and the assault on "tribalism"
- Cotton and collectivization: rural resistance in Soviet Turkmenistan
- Emancipation of the unveiled: Turkmen women under Soviet rule
- Conclusion: From Soviet republic to independent nation-state.