Laboratory of Socialist Development : Cold War Politics and Decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan /

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"Focusing on the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, this book places the Soviet development of Central Asia, and the Soviet hope for communism's bringing prosperity to a supposedly backward area, in global context"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kalinovsky, Artemy M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politics and government.
Elite (Social sciences)
Economic development.
Communism and society.
Central-local government relations.
Electronic books.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
e-books.
Livres numeriques.
Relations gouvernement central-collectivites locales > Tadjikistan > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > Tadjikistan > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Communisme et societe > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Developpement economique > Tadjikistan > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Central-local government relations > Tajikistan > History > 20th century.
Elite (Social sciences) > Tajikistan > History > 20th century.
Communism and society > History > 20th century.
Economic development > Tajikistan > History > 20th century.
Tajikistan.
Soviet Union.
URSS > Politique et gouvernement > 1953-1985.
Tadjikistan > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siecle.
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1953-1985.
Tajikistan > Politics and government > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : with dreams begin responsibilities
  • Decolonization, de-Stalinization, and development
  • Ayni's children : the making of a Tajik professional elite after Stalin
  • The object of development : Central Asian social scientists and the meaning of equality, prosperity, and progress
  • The hiding hand : planning, improvization, and the building of the Nurek Dam
  • City you can write about : internationalism, social welfare, and urban utopia in Nurek
  • Shepherds into builders : making the new Tajik man and woman
  • Tractors, power lines, and the welfare state : the contradictions of the cotton economy and technological innovation
  • A torch lighting the way to progress and civilization : Soviet Central Asia as a model of development
  • Rethinking development in the era of glasnost : environmentalism, nationalism, and protest
  • Conclusion : a dream deferred.

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