The Central Asian States: Discovering Independence [Paperback]

This book traces the incorporation of Central Asia into the Soviet system, the region's path of development under socialism, and the vicissitudes of the economic and political collapse of socialism, before considering the trajectories of the new states as they chart their independent futures.Westview Series on the Post-Soviet Republics -- Preface -- A Note on Languages in Central Asia -- About the Book and Author -- New States and Ancient Societies -- Legacies of Central Asia -- The Soviet Socialist Republics of Central Asia -- Central Asian States Emergent -- Central Asia and the World -- Transition in Asia -- Chronology of Events in Modern Central Asia: November 1917December 1995This book traces the incorporation of Central Asia into the Soviet system, the region's path of development under socialism, and the vicissitudes of the economic and political collapse of socialism, before considering the trajectories of the new states as they chart their independent futures.USCopyright ? 1997 Taylor & Francis