The Modernization of Inner Asia [Hardcover]

Inner Asia - in premodern times the little-known land of nomads and semi-nomads - has moved to the world's front page in the 20th century as the complex struggles for the future of Afghanistan, Soviet Central Asia, Tibet and other territories make clear. But because Inner Asia as a whole is divided among several states politically and among area specialists academically, broad perspectives on recent events are difficult to find. This work treats the region as a single unit, providing both an account of the region's past and an analysis of its present and its prospects in a thematic, rather than a strictly country-by-country manner.This work treats the region of Inner Asia as a single unit, providing both an account of the region's past and an analysis of its present and its prospects in a thematic, rather than a strictly country-by-country manner.Cyril E. Black, Louis Dupree, Elizabeth Endicott-West, Daniel C. Matuszewski, Eden Naby, Arthur N. WaldronMaps, The Authors, Preface, The Problem: Inner Asia and Modernization, Part I The Premodern Heritage (to the 1920s), Part ? The Modern Era (1920s to 1980s), Part ?? Patterns and Prospects: Inner Asia and the World, Comparative Chronology of Inner Asia, Glossary, Bibliography, IndexUSCopyright ? 1991 Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved.