Tribal Nation by Adrienne Lynn Edgar
On October 27, 1991, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic declared its independence from the Soviet Union. Hammer and sickle gave way to a flag, a national anthem, and new holidays. This book examines the Soviet effort in the 1920s and 1930s to create a modern, socialist nation in the Central Asian Republic of Turkmenistan.
This expertly written volume.. describes its shift from an obedient Soviet republic to an independent Turkmenistan with its own flag, national anthem, and problems. Choice Adrienne Lynn Edgar has filled a significant gap in the scholarship with this engaging new book on the history of Soviet Turkmenistan. There is really nothing out there quite like it. -- Michael G. Smith Slavic Review The book is one of the most important of the regional studies that are currently enhancing our knowledge of nation-building in the interwar Soviet Union. Its fluent and easy style, and Edgar's disposition not to take for granted an acquaintance with Soviet history, make it a very good introduction to Soviet nationalities policy through case study, and a book also suitable for undergraduate courses. -- Niccolo Pianciola International Review of Social History As the first English-language monograph to analyze the complexity of Turkmen life and identity within the context of Soviet policies, the book superbly reviews the compromises between the central Soviet authorities in Moscow and the European and Turkmeni communists in Central Asia. -- George O. Liber Europe: Early Modern and Modern Professor Edgar covers the period of Soviet Turkmenistan since its creation in its more constructive formative period until the time of the Great Terror. She has researched her subject admirably well and presents her discoveries in thorough yet readable detail. -- Albrecht Rothacher Asian Europe Journal One of the most exciting new works of central Asian history in recent years... This book richly illustrates the Turkmen 1920s and 1930s, but it loses none of its salience in a diagnosis of central Asian life today. An ideal length for teaching and a pleasure to take up: Edgar's book is a must-read for anyone engaged in central Asian history, ethnography, and comparative politics. -- Bruce Grant Journal of Modern History
Adrienne Lynn Edgar is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was formerly an editor of "World Policy Journal".
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691117751 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691117756 |
| Title | Tribal Nation |
| Author | Adrienne Lynn Edgar |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2004-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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