Explorations in the Social History of Modern Central Asia (19th - Early 20th Century)Paolo Sartori

Explorations in the Social History of Modern Central Asia (19th - Early 20th Century)

Name: Explorations in the Social History of Modern Central Asia (19th - Early 20th Century)
ISBN: 9789004248434

Paolo Sartori · 2013

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Post-Cold War historiography of modern Central Asia has been characterized by a focus on cultural history. Most of this scholarship rests on a set of assumptions about traditional institutions and social practices which merely reflect the bias of Soviet or even Tsarist-era historiography. Explorations in the Social History of Modern Central Asia addresses the need for a remedy to this state of affairs and thus offers new insights on a number of subjects relating to the social history of the region. It includes essays dealing with property relations, resource management, forms of local administration, the constitution of new social groups, the construction of identity categories, and an enquiry into the landscape of Islamic practices among the nomads. -- Publisher website.