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Laboratory of socialist development : Cold War politics and decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan
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Artemy Kalinovsky's 'Laboratory of Socialist Development' investigates the Soviet effort to make promises of decolonization a reality by looking at the politics and practices of economic developmen...
Artemy Kalinovsky's 'Laboratory of Socialist Development' investigates the Soviet effort to make promises of decolonization a reality by looking at the politics and practices of economic development in central Asia between World War II and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Focusing on the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Kalinovsky places the Soviet development of central Asia in a global context.
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- Creator
- Artemy M. Kalinovsky
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (333 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781501761720, 1501761722, 9781501715587, 1501715585, 1501715569, 1501715577
- OCLC
- on1013988565
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Issued also in print.
- In English.
- Frontmatter -- Map -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Transliteration -- Introduction: THE PROMISE OF DEVELOPMENT -- 1. DECOLONIZATION, DE-STALINIZATION, AND DEVELOPMENT -- 2. AYNI'S CHILDREN, OR MAKING A TAJIK-SOVIET INTELLIGENTSIA -- 3. DEFINING DEVELOPMENT -- 4. PLANS, GIFTS, AND OBLIGATIONS -- 5. NUREK, "A CITY YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT" -- 6. SHEPHERDS INTO BUILDERS -- 7. THE COUNTRYSIDE ELECTRIFIED -- 8. "A TORCH LIGHTING THE WAY TO PROGRESS AND CIVILIZATION" -- 9. THE POOREST REPUBLIC -- Conclusion: A DREAM DEFERRED -- A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Bibliography of Primary Sources -- Index