Under Solomon's throne
Subtitle: Uzbek visions of renewal in Osh
By: Morgan Y. Liu
Series: Central Eurasia in context
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Pittsburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780822961772
Subjects: Politics and government; Government relations; Nativistic movements; Ethnic relations; Post-communism; Uzbeks; Economic conditions; Social conditions
Description: Under Solomonʹs Throne provides a rare ground level analysis of post-Soviet Central Asiaʹs social and political paradoxes by focusing on an urban ethnic community: the Uzbeks in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, who have maintained visions of societal renewal throughout economic upheaval, political discrimination, and massive violence. Morgan Liu illuminates many of the challenges facing Central Asia today by unpacking the predicament of Osh, a city whose experience captures key political and cultural issues of the region as a whole.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.