{"product_id":"laboratory-of-socialist-development-9781501761720","title":"Laboratory of Socialist Development","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtemy Kalinovsky''s \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaboratory of Socialist Development\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e Focusing on the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Kalinovsky places the Soviet development of central Asia in a global context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConnecting high politics and intellectual debates with the life histories and experiences of peasants, workers, scholars, and engineers, \u003ci\u003eLaboratory of Socialist Development \u003c\/i\u003eshows how these men and women negotiated Soviet economic and cultural projects in the decades following Stalin''s death. Kalinovsky''s book investigates how people experienced new cities, the transformation of rural life, and the building of the world''s tallest dam. Kalinovsky connects these local and individual moments to the broader context of the Cold War, shedding new light o\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaboratory of Socialist Development\u003c\/i\u003e grapples with how universal ideas were negotiated locally and ultimately reshaped. Throughout the book, Kalinovsky demonstrates how the modernizing paradigm changed, as large-scale investment failed to yield the hoped for result for both European and Soviet modernizers, who sought to recreate European style modernity in the Third World and Central Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e * Europe Now *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaboratory of Socialist Development\u003c\/i\u003e leaves a certain nostaliga for the more hopeful times of the Soviet 1960s and early 1970s. The book's mediations are wide-ranging and fascinating.\u003c\/p\u003e * Russian Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not only highly informative to readers familiar with the Soviet realm, but its references to 'modernisation' and 'development' projects around the world also make the book relevant to readers not familiar with the context of Tajikistan. Kalinovsky offers a very rich and multidimensional account of the way in which Tajikistan was developed under Soviet rule.\u003c\/p\u003e * Inner Asia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pleasure to read, and it has given me the rare opportunity to write a review in which praise does not have to be accompanied by criticism. Scholars in several different fields will likewise read this book with profit.\u003c\/p\u003e * Central Asian Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA towering achievement. It is by far the best existing study of the Soviet approach to development at home.\u003c\/p\u003e * H-Diplo *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorians in many fields will appreciate the strength of this book for Kalinovsky's respect for oral histories and memoirs, his close attention to international and domestic political intrigues, and his concern with the less closely studied latter half of the Soviet era in Central Asia... This is a book I would be pleased to assign in any level of undergraduate and graduate history class.\u003c\/p\u003e * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts major merit [is] to inscribe Central Asian and Soviet history into the broader post-war and post-colonial history of development. It will provide inspiration and food for thought for further considerations about what socialist development was... Besides, the book provides the first coherent political, social, and intellectual history of Soviet Tajikistan and is thus an important contribution to Central Asian studies.\u003c\/p\u003e * Slavic Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Promise of Development \u003cbr\u003e 1. Decolonization, De-Stalinization, and Development\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ayni's Children, or Making a Tajik-Soviet Intelligentsia\u003cbr\u003e 3. Defining Development \u003cbr\u003e 4. Plans, Gifts, and Obligations \u003cbr\u003e 5. Nurek, \"A City You Can Write About\"\u003cbr\u003e 6. Shepherds into Builders \u003cbr\u003e 7. The Countryside Electrified\u003cbr\u003e 8. \"A Torch Lighting the Way to Progress and Civilization\"\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Poorest Republic\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: A Dream Deferred\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867346678103,"sku":"9781501761720","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/laboratory-of-socialist-development-9781501761720","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}