The Central Asian States: Discovering Independence

by Gregory W Gleason

Overview

This book traces the incorporation of Central Asia into the Soviet system, the region's path of development under socialism, and the vicissitudes of the economic and political collapse of socialism, before considering the trajectories of the new states as they chart their independent futures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813318356
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	02/07/1997
Series:	Westview Series on the Post-Soviet Repubic Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1380L (what's this?)

About the Author

Gregory Gleason is associate professor of international relations at the University of New Mexico.

Table of Contents

Westview Series on the Post-Soviet Republics — Preface — A Note on Languages in Central Asia — About the Book and Author — New States and Ancient Societies — Legacies of Central Asia — The Soviet Socialist Republics of Central Asia — Central Asian States Emergent — Central Asia and the World — Transition in Asia — Chronology of Events in Modern Central Asia: November 1917–December 1995