Social and economic change in the Pamirs
Subtitle: (Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan)
By: Frank Bliss ; translated from the German language by Nicola Pacult and Sonia Guss with support of Tim Sharp.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
Subjects: Ethnology -- Pamir Region; Kūḣistonī Badakhshon (Tajikistan) -- Economic conditions; Kūḣistonī Badakhshon (Tajikistan) -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: General features of Gorno-Badakhshan; title: History of the Pamirs; title: Ethnology of the Pamirs; title: The Kyrgyzes of the Murgab; title: Ismailis and Sunnis; title: Economy and society in the Soviet system; title: At the bottom; title: the economic collapse; title: International development aid; title: Development constraints and prospects.