The Modern History Of Soviet Central Asia
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Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - some tears. Jacket protected by mylar sleeve. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
Long before the Cold War fractured the world into competing spheres of influence, the vast steppes and ancient cities of Central Asia had already been absorbed into the Russian imperial project — a transformation that Geoffrey Wheeler's authoritative study chronicles with remarkable depth and precision. The Modern History of Soviet Central Asia presents a sweeping account of the region encompassing present-day Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan, tracing the arc from Tsarist conquest through Bolshevik revolution and into the consolidation of Soviet power. Wheeler details the collision between indigenous nomadic and sedentary cultures and the relentless machinery of Soviet modernisation, collectivisation, and ideological transformation, painting a vivid portrait of peoples caught between ancient tradition and imposed modernity. Part of the prestigious Weidenfeld and Nicolson Asia-Africa Series, this work stands as a landmark contribution to the scholarship of Soviet nationalities policy and Central Asian studies. Wheeler, drawing on his extensive experience as a diplomat and regional expert, argues that the Soviet project in Central Asia was as much a civilisational experiment as a political one — reshaping language, religion, and identity with deliberate force. Written with the measured authority of firsthand knowledge and rigorous historical research, the book leaves the reader asking a question that remains urgent today: what survives of a culture when the state itself becomes the architect of memory?
Author: Geoffrey Wheeler
Format: Hardback
Published: 1965, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Genre: Asian history
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - some tears. Jacket protected by mylar sleeve. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
Long before the Cold War fractured the world into competing spheres of influence, the vast steppes and ancient cities of Central Asia had already been absorbed into the Russian imperial project — a transformation that Geoffrey Wheeler's authoritative study chronicles with remarkable depth and precision. The Modern History of Soviet Central Asia presents a sweeping account of the region encompassing present-day Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan, tracing the arc from Tsarist conquest through Bolshevik revolution and into the consolidation of Soviet power. Wheeler details the collision between indigenous nomadic and sedentary cultures and the relentless machinery of Soviet modernisation, collectivisation, and ideological transformation, painting a vivid portrait of peoples caught between ancient tradition and imposed modernity. Part of the prestigious Weidenfeld and Nicolson Asia-Africa Series, this work stands as a landmark contribution to the scholarship of Soviet nationalities policy and Central Asian studies. Wheeler, drawing on his extensive experience as a diplomat and regional expert, argues that the Soviet project in Central Asia was as much a civilisational experiment as a political one — reshaping language, religion, and identity with deliberate force. Written with the measured authority of firsthand knowledge and rigorous historical research, the book leaves the reader asking a question that remains urgent today: what survives of a culture when the state itself becomes the architect of memory?