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The Politics of Culture in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1920-40 book cover

1st Edition

The Politics of Culture in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1920-40

By Audrey Altstadt Copyright 2016
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge
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The early Soviet Union’s nationalities policy involved the formation of many national republics, within which "nation building" and "modernization" were undertaken for the benefit of "backward" peoples. This book, in considering how such policies were implemented in Azerbaijan, argues that the Soviet policies were in fact a form of imperialism, with "nation building" and "modernization" imposed... Read more

Introduction

1. The Azerbaijani Enlightenment: Constructing and Disseminating A Turkic Identity

2. Soviet Cultural Policies, 1920-1940: Modernization or Imperialism?

3. Dotting the I's: Alphabet Change and Language Reform in Soviet Azerbaijan

4. Schools: Educating Citizens or "Human Material"?

5. Scholarship Meets Voch-Tech: The Continuous Purge

6. The End of Laughter: Proletarian Literature Is Born

Conclusion

Biography

Audrey L Altstadt is a Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US.

'As well as advancing a vivid and informed picture of cultural life in Soviet Azerbaijan, Altstadt has provided plenty of food for thought about what Soviet nation-building meant.'

Jeremy Smith, University of Eastern Finland, Slavic Review, 2018.

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