Nationalism in Central Asia : a biography of the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan border /

"Nick Megoran explores the process of building independent nation-states in post-Soviet Central Asia through the lens of the boundary between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, using a combination of political, historical, ethnographic, and geographic frames to shed new light on this process."--Pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Megoran, Nick (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2017]
Series:Central Eurasia in context.
Subjects:
Since 1991
Nationalism > Uzbekistan.
Nationalism > Kyrgyzstan.
Nationalisme > Ouzbékistan.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > Asian.
Politics and government
International relations
Boundaries
Nationalism
Uzbekistan > Boundaries > Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan > Boundaries > Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan > Politics and government > 1991-
Kyrgyzstan > Politics and government > 1991-
Kyrgyzstan > Relations > Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan > Relations > Kyrgyzstan.
Ouzbékistan > Politique et gouvernement > 1991-
Kirghizistan > Politique et gouvernement > 1991-
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: making borders, making worlds
  • Uzbekistan: building the nation, defending the border
  • Kyrgyzstan: contested visions of the nation
  • Caught in the middle: life in the "neutral zone"
  • Osh's borders: a matter of life and death
  • Conclusion: the destruction of the Ferghana Valley
  • Appendix I: Transliteration tables
  • Appendix II: Divergent spellings.

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