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Return To The Silk Routes Current Scandinavian Research on Central Asia
200 Pages
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Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1999. The majority of the contributions to this volume have their origin in a symposium which was held in Stockholm on 27–29 September 1996 under the Swedish title of Nordisk Centralasienforskning: språk – kultur – samhälle, i.e. 'Nordic Central Asia Research: Language – Culture – Society'. The main purpose of this meeting was to obtain a general view of current research... Read more
Preface, Remarks on Transcription and Spelling, CENTRAL ASIA RESEARCH - A BACKGROUND, Nordic Research on Central Asia: Past, Present and Future, Marginal Centrality: Central Asian Studies on the Eve of a New Millennium, ARCHAEOLOGY, Chinese Excavations at Turfan, The Sino-Swedish Expedition to Yar-tonguz in 1994, RELIGION, Superscribing the Hegemonic Image of Chinggis Khan in the Erdeni Tunumal Sudur, 'They only weep ...': Stories about Tibetan Travellers to the Other Worlds, LANGUAGE, Regional Aspects of the Turkic Influence on Mongolian, Remarks on the Mongolian Vowel System, Towards a Sociolinguistic History of Sinkiang, POLITICAL ASPECTS, Russia and Post-Soviet Central Asia: Reintegration Ahead?, Democracy versus Stability in Kazakstan, War and Change in Afghanistan: Reflections on Research Priorities, Biographical Notes on the Contributors
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