{"product_id":"making-uzbekistan-9781501735851","title":"Making Uzbekistan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Making Uzbekistan, Adeeb Khalid chronicles the tumultuous history of Central Asia in the age of the Russian revolution. He explores the complex interaction between Uzbek intellectuals, local Bolsheviks, and Moscow to sketch out the flux of the situation in early-Soviet Central Asia. His focus on the Uzbek intelligentsia allows him to recast...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[T]his brilliant book demonstrates that modern Uzbekistan was unequivocally made by Uzbek intellectuals in Central Asia, and not by Bolshevik commissars in Moscow. Adeeb Khalid has offered invaluable evidence to argue that Central Asia's political fate remains equally in the hands of local leaders, and is not determined by obscure outside forces. It is in this sense that Making Uzbekistan will make a lasting contribution to Central Asian Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e * Europe-Asia Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKhalid successfully compiles an impressive and outstanding account of the unfolding events in the making of Uzbekistan in the tumultuous epoch of the Russian Revolution as a result of his encyclopedic comprehension of the sociohistorical considerations of the period and his unique linguistic capabilities.\u003c\/p\u003e * Acta Via Serica *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdeeb Khalid's \u003ci\u003eMaking Uzbekistan\u003c\/i\u003e is a careful reconstruction of Muslim reformist thought in Turkestan, which advances considerably our understanding of the reasons why sections of the local intelligentsia participated actively in the Soviet construction.\u003c\/p\u003e * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Intelligentsia and Reform in Tsarist Central Asia\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Moment of Opportunity\u003cbr\u003e 3. Nationalizing the Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Muslim Republic of Bukhara\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Long Road to Soviet Power\u003cbr\u003e 6. A Revolution of the Mind\u003cbr\u003e 7. Islam between Reform and Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Making of Uzbekistan\u003cbr\u003e 9. Tajik as a Residual Category\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Ideological Front\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Assault\u003cbr\u003e 12. Toward a Soviet Order\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography of Primary Sources\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409335886167,"sku":"9781501735851","price":22.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501735851.jpg?v=1730506465","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-uzbekistan-9781501735851","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}