Islam and Colonialism Western Perspectives on Soviet Asia
Tracing the development of western thought about Central Asia, this book argues that for historical and political reasons, Central Asia was seen as being in a colonial relationship with Russia. Consequently, an anti-colonial revolution in Asia was seen as the greatest threat to the USSR. The book qu...
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London
Routledge
2002
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| Series: | Central Asia research forum series
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Add Tag | Summary: | Tracing the development of western thought about Central Asia, this book argues that for historical and political reasons, Central Asia was seen as being in a colonial relationship with Russia. Consequently, an anti-colonial revolution in Asia was seen as the greatest threat to the USSR. The book questions the suitability of the colonial model for understanding the region's recent political history and challenges many of the assumptions which underlay the adoption of such a model, and examines how this one interpretation came to dominate western discourse to the virtual exclusion of all others. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | viii, 263 pages illustrations 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Include bibliographical references (page 248-258) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 070071765X 9780700717651 |
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