Ethnicity, Authority, and Power in Central Asia : New Games Great and Small.

The people of Greater Central Asia - not only Inner Asian states of Soviet Union but also those who share similar heritages in adjacent countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iran, and the Chinese province of Xinjiang - have been drawn into more direct and immediate contact since the Soviet collap...

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Main Author: Canfield, Robert L.
Other Authors: Rasuly-Paleczek, Gabriele
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010
Series:Central Asian studies.
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Summary:The people of Greater Central Asia - not only Inner Asian states of Soviet Union but also those who share similar heritages in adjacent countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iran, and the Chinese province of Xinjiang - have been drawn into more direct and immediate contact since the Soviet collapse. Infrastructural improvements, and the race by the great powers for access to the region's vital natural resources, have allowed these people to develop closer ties with each other and the wider world, creating new interdependencies, and fresh opportunities for interaction and the exercise of inf.
Physical Description:1 online resource (268 pages).
ISBN:9780203845486
020384548X
1282913034
9781282913035
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.