Ferghana Valley: The Heart of Central Asia (Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus) - Hardcover

Starr, S. Frederick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0765629984 ISBN 13: 9780765629982

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

The Ferghana Valley can reasonably be said to lie in the heart of Central Asia. As such, the Valley has made an inordinate contribution to the history and culture of the region as a whole, as well as significantly affecting the economic, political and religious spheres. This book looks at the region over time, from its early history to the present. It embraces not just the obvious fields of politics, economics and religion, but also ethnography, sociology and culture, and includes the insights of leading scholars from all three Ferghana countries. The book discusses various questions of identity relating to the region, showing how the identity of the Ferghana Valley relates to the emerging national identities of the three post-colonial states that are still gradually emerging from the demise of the Soviet Union, as well as how an understanding of the Ferghana Valley is key to understanding Central Asia itself.

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S. Frederick Starr

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0765629984
• ISBN 13: 9780765629982
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512