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Tribal nation : the making of Soviet Turkmenistan /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edgar, Adrienne Lynn, 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2004]
Subjects:
Turkmenistan > History > 20th century.
Turkmen > Ethnic identity.
Nationalism > Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan > Social conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • Tribe, class, and nation in Turkmenistan
  • Sources of identity in Turkmen
  • Assembling the nation: the creation of a Turkmen national republic
  • Ethnic preferences and ethnic conflict: the rise of a Turkmen national elite
  • Helpers, not nannies: Moscow and the Turkmen Communist Party
  • Dueling dialects: the creation of a Turkmen language
  • A nation divided: class struggle and the assault on 'tribalism'
  • Cotton and collectivization: rural resistance in Soviet Turkmenistan
  • Emancipation of the unveiled: Turkmen women under Soviet rule.