1st Edition
Nationalism In Uzbekistan A Soviet Republic's Road To Sovereignty
By James Critchlow
Copyright 1991
252 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
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Routledge
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Drawing from a wide range of Uzbek and Russian sources, James Critchlow analyzes significant developments leading up to Uzbekistan's declaration of sovereignty and examines the outlook for the republic's emergence as an independent international player. The author's primary focus is on the Uzbek elites' attitudes and their efforts to throw off Moscow's hegemony by using popular grievances to... Read more
Part 1 The rise of Uzbek nationalism: who are the Uzbeks?; prelude to perestroika - signs of emerging nationalism; the post-Brezhnev crackdown - "corruption", nationalism and the native elites in Soviet Central Asia. Part 2 Uzbek nationalism today - selected themes: the cotton monoculture - root of all evil; the rape of Uzbekistan's environment; objection to the Russian presence; undoing the Russian version of history; resistance to Moscow's authority; the recruit "murder" scandal; the Islamic factor. Part 3 Problems of sovereignty: Uzbekistan in transition; the shape of things to come.
Biography
James Critchlow
