Moscow's Muslim Challenge: Soviet Central Asia

by Michael Rywkin

Overview

A study of the history of Soviet Central Asia and the demographic, political, economic and cultural weight of the Muslims that reside there. This book examines current trends in this area which is one of Russia's most turbulent and misunderstood minority regions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873326131
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/30/1990
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Authored by Michael Rywkin

Table of Contents

chapterONE Tsarist Times; chapterTWO The Revolution; chapterTHREE The Basmachi Revolt; chapterFOUR The Economic Scene; chapterFIVE Population and Manpower; chapterSIX The National-Religious Symbiosis; chapterSEVEN Culture; chapterEIGHT The Sociopolitical Setting; chapterNINE Government; chapterTEN The Terminology of Nationality Politics; chapterELEVEN Perestroika in Central Asia;

Editorial Reviews

Rywkin, (Russian area studies, CCNY) who spend his youth as a World War II refugee in the city of Samarkand in Soviet Uzbekistan, has devoted his career to study of the Soviet Union. In this revised edition, updated to cover the first five years of perestroika, he combines a history of the area with a probing analysis of current trends in one of the USSR's most turbulent and least understood minority regions. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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