Ferghana Valley: The Heart of Central Asia

by Starr,S. Frederick

• ISBN13: 9780765629999
• ISBN10: 0765629992
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-08-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

With some twelve million inhabitants, the Ferghana valley is one of the most densely populated places in the world. It is also the most volatile region of formerly Soviet Central Asia. Not only is the area ethnically and linguistically diverse, it is politically divided, with parts ruled by three different statesUzbekistan, Tajikistan, and the Kyrgyz Republicwhose distant capital cities all relegate Ferghana to their respective peripheries. These complexities make a comprehensive, multidimensional understanding of the Ferghana region all the more elusive. In order to construct this analysis, the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute assembled an international, interdisciplinary team of experts on the region. Their carefully planned, collaboratively authored chapters cover the historical and topical terrain with unmatched depth and breadth and balance.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introducing the Ferghana Valley	p. ix
The Ferghana Valley: The Pre-Colonial Legacy	p. 3
The Rise and Fall of the Kokand Khanate	p. 29
Colonial Rule and Indigenous Responses, 1860-1917	p. 69
Soviet Rule and the Delineation of Borders in the Ferghana Valley, 1917-1930	p. 94
The Ferghana Valley Under Stalin, 1929-1953	p. 119
The Ferghana Valley in the Eras of Khrushchev and Brezhnev	p. 140
Cultural Life in the Ferghana Valley Under Khrushchev and Brezhnev	p. 164
The Ferghana Valley During Perestroika, 1985-1991	p. 178
A New Phase in the History of the Ferghana Valley, 1992-2008	p. 205
Economic Development in the Ferghana Valley Since 1991	p. 232
Land, Water, and Ecology	p. 253
Culture in the Ferghana Valley Since 1991: The Issue of Identity	p. 278
Islam in the Ferghana Valley: Between National Identity and Islamic Alternative	p. 296
The Ferghana Valley and the International Community	p. 373
Conclusion	p. 393
About the Editors, Authors, and Contributing Authors	p. 405
Index	p. 411
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