Nationalism in Central Asia : a biography of the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan boundary /
"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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University of Pittsburgh Press,
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Publisher Address: | Pittsburgh, PA : |
Publication Dates: | [2017] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Central Eurasia in context series
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Summary: |
"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."--Provided by publisher. |
Carrier Form: | xvi, 348 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-329) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780822964421 (paperback) : 0822964422 (paperback) |
Index Number: | DK948 |
CLC: |
D836.431 D836.231 |
Call Number: | D836.231/M497 |
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. |