Pre-tsarist and tsarist Central Asia
Subtitle: communal commitment and political order in change
By: Paul Georg Geiss.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Political culture -- Asia, Central.; Asia, Central -- Politics and government.; Asia, Central -- Colonial influence.
Description: "This study, written from the perspective of political sociology, represents the first comparative examination of Central Asian communal and political organisation before and after the tsarist conquest of the region. It covers Turkman, Kyrgyz, Kazakh and other tribal societies, analyses the patrimonial state structures of the Emirate of Bukhara and the Khanates of Khiva and Khokland, and discusses the impact of the established tsarist civil military administration on the communal and political orientations of the Muslim population."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.