Tajikistan : a political and social history /

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This book is a historical study of the Tajiks in Central Asia from the ancient times to the post-Soviet period. For millennia, these descendants of the original Aryan settlers were part of many different empires set up by Greek, Arab, Turkic and Russian invaders, as well as their own, most notably d...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Nourzhanov, Kirill (Author), Bleuer, Christian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra, ACT : Australian National University E Press, [2013]
Series:Asian studies series.
Subjects:
Since 1991
Humanities.
History.
Regional and national history.
European history.
Asia.
Central Asia.
Tajikistan (Tadzhikistan)
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
Manners and customs.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Tajikistan > Politics and government > 1991-
Tajikistan > Social conditions.
Tajikistan > Social life and customs.
Tajikistan > Politics and government.
Tadjikistan > Politique et gouvernement.
Tadjikistan > Politique et gouvernement > 1991-
Tajikistan.
History
Tajikistan
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Table of Contents:
  • Tajiks on the crossroads of history, from antiquity to the age of colonialism
  • Forging Tajik identity: ethnic origins, national-territorial delimitation and nationalism
  • State formation in the Soviet era, 1917-1960s
  • Traditional society and regionalism in Soviet Tajikistan
  • Formal and informal political institutions in Soviet Tajikistan
  • Experimentation, turmoil and fragmentation under Gorbachev, 1985-1991
  • The rise of opposition, the contraction of the state and the road to independence
  • Islam in society and politics
  • From political confrontation to civil war, 1991-1992
  • Epilogue: the civil war of 1992.

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