Silk Mirage
Subtitle: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2025-11-13
Place of publication: London, UK
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781350292468
Table of contents: title: Table of Contents; title: Map of Uzbekistan; title: Note on transliteration and names; title: Introduction; title: Part One: Tyranny and Transformation; title: Chapter 1. A Country on the Cusp; title: Chapter 2. The Trajectory of a Tyrant; title: Chapter 3. The Rise of a Reformer; title: Chapter 4. Mafia State; title: Chapter 5. White Gold; title: Part Two: Repression and Reform; title: Chapter 6. Uprising in the Valley; title: Chapter 7. Crime and Punishment; title: Chapter 8. Life in Exile; title: Chapter 9. Truth and Reconciliation; title: Chapter 10. Dissidents and Spies; title: Part Three: Power and Politics; title: Chapter 11. Delusions of Democracy; title: Chapter 12. Rebellion in the Desert; title: Chapter 13. Red Lines; title: Chapter 14. Power to the People; title: Chapter 15. A Place of Pilgrimage; title: Part Four: History and Heritage; title: Chapter 16. Bukhara's Brave New World; title: Chapter 17. Tashkent Transformed; title: Chapter 18. Avant-Garde Oasis; title: Chapter 19. Artistic Licence; title: Chapter 20. The Dream Weavers; title: Notes; title: Select Bibliography; title: Acknowledgements; title: Index