Awards

• Short-listed for 2020 Central Eurasian Study Society Book Award in History and the Humanities 2020 (United States)

Overview

Russia and Central Asia provides an overview of the relationship between two dynamic regions, highlighting the ways in which Russia and Central Asia have influenced and been influenced by Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. This readable synthesis, covering early coexistence in the seventeenth century to the present day, seeks to encourage new ways of thinking about how the modern world developed. Shoshana Keller focuses on the five major ""Stans"": Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. Cultural and social history are interwoven with the military narrative to provide a sense of the people, their religion, and their practices all of which were severely tested under Stalin. The text includes a glossary as well as images and maps that help to highlight 500 years of changes, bringing Central Asia into the general narrative of Russian and world history and introducing a fresh perspective on colonialism and modernity.

Full Product Details

Author:   Shoshana Keller
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9781487594343

ISBN 10:   1487594348
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   20 November 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

A Note on Spelling Glossary  Introduction 1. Early Coexistence Rus’ and the Steppe Peoples  Turko-Mongol-Iranian Central Asia Early Diplomatic and Trade Relations  Summary and Notes 2. The Balance of Power Shifts Internal Fragmentation, External Threats  Nomadic Cultures: Kazakhs, Turkmen, Kyrgyz  Beginnings of Russian Rule Summary and Notes 3. Conquest Settled Cultures: Uzbeks and Tajiks  Russia Engulfs the Kazakhs  Change in the Air Military Conquest Summary and Notes 4. Imperial Rule Governance Economic Development  Education Social Dynamics Summary and Notes 5. Revolutions  The Revolution of 1905 and its Effects The Great War and the Great Unraveling Marxism, Bolshevism, and Empire  Central Asia Shattered Summary and Notes  6. Founding Soviet Central Asia Authority and Credibility The Creation of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan Building the Tools of Modernization Summary and Notes 7. Breaking and Building: The Stalin Era  The Great Break  Collectivization and the Kazakh Tragedy Contradictions of Stalinist Modernization World War II and After Summary and Notes 8. Stability and Growth Changing Relations between Moscow and the Republics  Cotton Monoculture, Cotton Monomania  The Hungry Steppe  Life on the Cotton Collectives Mature Socialism  Summary and Notes   9. From Reform to Independence  Water, Cotton, and Nationalism Restructuring / Unraveling Now What? Bibliography

Reviews

Shoshana Keller's Russia and Central Asia: Coexistence, Conquest, Convergence is a book I couldn't put down. Anyone curious about Central Asia from a Russian history background would benefit from her unassuming prose. Whatever your interest, there will surely be an aspect of Central Asian and Russian history that will tickle your fancy. The University of Toronto Press publishes some of the most powerful books that demystify this shrouded region and lesser-known history, opening the doors so that any student can begin learning about the richness of these societies. -- Katherine Leung * <em>Lossi 36 Weekly</em> * Shoshanna Keller has written an important book on the history of Central Asia that covers its pre-Russian, Russian imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet periods, focusing on the imperial and Soviet periods. As she tackles this thorny subject, Keller's most significant contribution is to bring into focus the nomadic perspective that has largely been neglected by earlier scholarship. -- Gulnar Kendirbai, Columbia University * <em>Acta Via Serica</em> * Well informed on historical debates of each period that the book addresses, Keller demonstrates how the relations between these two spaces evolved before, during, and after key episodes in their respective histories. -- Alisher Khaliyarov, Ohio State University * <em>Central Asian Survey</em> *

Shoshana Keller's Russia and Central Asia: Coexistence, Conquest, Convergence is a book I couldn't put down. Anyone curious about Central Asia from a Russian history background would benefit from her unassuming prose. Whatever your interest, there will surely be an aspect of Central Asian and Russian history that will tickle your fancy. The University of Toronto Press publishes some of the most powerful books that demystify this shrouded region and lesser-known history, opening the doors so that any student can begin learning about the richness of these societies. -- Katherine Leung * <em>Lossi 36 Weekly</em> *

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Shoshana Keller is a professor in the Department of History at Hamilton College.

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