Central Asia. From the Age of Empires to the Present Day
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Central Asia. From the Age of Empires to the Present Day
19.99 €
Central Asia is still often perceived as a remote area on the periphery of modern history. But in fact this region, which includes Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and the Chinese province of Xinjiang, stands at the crossroads of world events.
Adib Khalid presents the first comprehensive history of Central Asia from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. After the 1700s, the peoples of the region fell under Russian and Chinese rule. A Pakistani-born American scholar-historian, Khalid shows how foreign conquest brought Central Asians into the global exchange of goods and ideas and led to closer ties with the rest of the world. His study also focuses on how the conquering empires and then the communist states of the USSR and PRC dealt with the region's ethnic heterogeneity and inherent national and cultural differences, as well as how historical forces and trends, from colonialism and social revolutions to nationalism and state modernization policies, have shaped Central Asia today.
Adib Khalid presents the first comprehensive history of Central Asia from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. After the 1700s, the peoples of the region fell under Russian and Chinese rule. A Pakistani-born American scholar-historian, Khalid shows how foreign conquest brought Central Asians into the global exchange of goods and ideas and led to closer ties with the rest of the world. His study also focuses on how the conquering empires and then the communist states of the USSR and PRC dealt with the region's ethnic heterogeneity and inherent national and cultural differences, as well as how historical forces and trends, from colonialism and social revolutions to nationalism and state modernization policies, have shaped Central Asia today.
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