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Laboratory of socialist development : Cold War politics and decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan
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"Focusing on the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, this book places the Soviet development of Central Asia, and the Soviet hope for communism's bringing prosperity to a supposedly backward area, in ...
"Focusing on the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, this book places the Soviet development of Central Asia, and the Soviet hope for communism's bringing prosperity to a supposedly backward area, in global context"--
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- Creator
- Artemy M. Kalinovsky
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2018
- ©2018
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1501715569, 9781501715563, 1501715577, 1501715585, 9781501715587, 9781501715570
- OCLC
- on1013988565, on1008765667
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-307) and index.
- Introduction : the promise of development -- Decolonization, de-Stalinization, and development -- Ayni's children, or making a Tajik-Soviet intelligentsia -- Defining development -- Plans, gifts, and obligations -- Nurek, "a city you can write about" -- Shepherds into builders -- The countryside electrified -- "A torch lighting the way to progress and civilization" -- The poorest republic -- Conclusion : a dream deferred
Subjects
- Tajikistan -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
- Economic development -- Tajikistan -- History -- 20th century.
- Communism and society -- History -- 20th century.
- Elite (Social sciences) -- Tajikistan -- History -- 20th century.
- Central-local government relations -- Tajikistan -- History -- 20th century.
- Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985.