Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan : life and politics during the Soviet era /: life and politics during the Soviet era. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Timur Dadabaev, Hisao Komatsu, editors.
• Authors: Dadabaev, Timur, 1975-; Komatsu, Hisao, 1951-
• Editors: Dadabaev, Timur, 1975-; Komatsu, Hisao, 1951-
• Contents: List of Contributors; Chapter 1: Collective Memory, Oral History and Central Eurasian Studies in Japan; Studies on Central Asian History in Japan; Development of Central Eurasian Studies; Islamic Area Studies; Quest for Memories of the Soviet Period; Notes; References; Chapter 2: Recollecting the Soviet Past: Challenges of Data Collection on Everyday Life Experiences and Public Memory in Post-ƯSoviet Central Asia; Sampling Method and Respondents; Interviewing; Challenges, Limitations and Biases. Appendix 1: Selected respondents to the memory of the Soviet Past project in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan (2006-2014); Appendix 2: Interviewees' personal characteristics (Oral History Project, Formation of the Kyrgyz Identity in the Twentieth Century: 1916-1991); References; Chapter 3: Famine in Kyrgyzstan in the 1930s and 1940s; Narrations of the Problem; Survival; Official Sources; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4: Soviet Agricultural Policy and Cultivating "Virgin Lands" in Kazakhstan; Narrative of Soviet Times; The Campaign: Its Origins and Targets. Memoirs: Traces of Ancient Beliefs and Nomadic View for Cultivating; Memoirs from the Virgin Lands Region; Memoirs from the Other Parts of Kazakhstan; Conclusion; Note; References; Chapter 5: Religious Life of Kyrgyz People According to Oral Materials; Ritualized Terms; Ritual Actors; The Pre-Soviet Period; The Soviet Period and Dilemmas; Religious and Belief Rituals Within a Dilemma; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Stalin's Passing Recollected; Stalin as a Political Figure and Human in Recollections; Hysteria and Shock Upon the News of Stalin's Death; Confusion; Relief; Conclusion. References; Chapter 7: Evaluations of Perestroika in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Public Views in Contemporary Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan; Post-Soviet Central Asian Historiography on Perestroika; Slogans of Perestroika; Public Evaluation of Perestroika; Disillusionment with Perestroika; Perestroika as a Needed Reform that Went Wrong; Perestroika as a Success Story; Representations of Gorbachev in Post-Soviet CA; Gorbachev as the Soviet Leader; Gorbachev as an Intelligent But Weak Leader; Gorbachev as a Contradictory Egoist; Country-Specific Representations of the Perestroika Years. Perestroika and the Cotton Affair/Uzbek Affair in Uzbekistan; Perestroika and the Almaty (Jeltoqsan) Events in Kazakhstan; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (151 pages)
• Subjects: 320; Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference; History -- Asia -- General; Political Science -- History & Theory; Asian history; Political science & theory; World politics; Politics & government; Soviet Union -- History; Asia, Central -- History; Asia, Central; Soviet Union; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1137522364; 9781137522368
• Related ISBNs: 9781137522351; 1137522356
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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