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OverviewIn this comprehensive and up to date history, from prehistoric proto-Indo-Iranian times to the post-Soviet period, Richard Foltz traces the complex linguistic, cultural and political history of the Tajiks, a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic group from the modern-day Central Asian states of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan. In eight chapters, the author explores the revitalisation of Persian culture under the Samanid Empire in the Tajik heartlands of historical Khorasan and Transoxiana; analyses the evolution of the politics of Tajik identity; and traces the history of the ethnic Tajik diaspora today. This revised edition includes a new chapter on the Tajiks’ situation in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan since 2018, covering notably the effects of the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021 and the COVID pandemic in all three countries, as well as border clashes with Kyrgyzstan. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard Foltz (Concordia University, Canada)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Edition: 2nd edition ISBN: 9780755649648ISBN 10: 0755649648 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 13 July 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'This engagingly written, excellent new history of the Tajik people is an outstanding achievement'. * Rustam Shukurov, Professor of History, Moscow State University, Russia * an informative introduction to an important subject that has been ill-served both in history and in scholarship * Daniel Beben, Central Asian Survey * Author InformationRichard Foltz is Professor of Religions and Cultures at Concordia University, Canada. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |