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Central Asia
A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the PresentBy Adeeb KhalidNarrated by Aaqil Ahmed
Length17h 28m
About this audiobook
This engaging audiobook narrated by Aaqil Ahmed explores how Central Asia has been shaped by modern world events
Central Asia is often seen as a remote and inaccessible land on the peripheries of modern history. Encompassing Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and the Xinjiang province of China, it in fact stands at the crossroads of world events. Adeeb Khalid provides the first comprehensive history of Central Asia from the mid-eighteenth century to today, shedding light on the historical forces that have shaped the region under imperial and Communist rule.
Predominantly Muslim with both nomadic and settled populations, the peoples of Central Asia came under Russian and Chinese rule after the 1700s. Khalid shows how foreign conquest knit Central Asians into global exchanges of goods and ideas and forged greater connections to the wider world. He explores how the Qing and Tsarist empires dealt with ethnic heterogeneity, and compares Soviet and Chinese Communist attempts at managing national and cultural difference. He highlights the deep interconnections between the "Russian" and "Chinese" parts of Central Asia that endure to this day, and demonstrates how Xinjiang remains an integral part of Central Asia despite its fraught and traumatic relationship with contemporary China.
The essential history of one of the most diverse and culturally vibrant regions on the planet, this panoramic book reveals how Central Asia has been profoundly shaped by the forces of modernity, from colonialism and social revolution to nationalism, state-led modernization, and social engineering.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Politics and Government
Length17 hrs 28 mins
Narrated byAaqil Ahmed
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 1, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Anno, Introduction
15Chapter 14 - A Republic in Eastern Turkestan
2Chapter 1 - The Multiple Heritages of Central Asia
16Chapter 15 - The Crucible of War
3Empire, Chapter 2 - The Manchu Conquest of Eastern Turkestan
17Chapter 16 - Another Republic in Eastern Turkestan
4Chapter 3 - Khoqand and Qing Silver
18Communism, Chapter 17 - Development, Soviet Style
5Chapter 4 - A Kazakh Ethnographer in Kashgar
19Chapter 18 - Soviet in Form, National in Content?
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6Chapter 5 - Imperial Conquests
20Chapter 19 - Xinjiang under Chinese Communism
7Chapter 6 - A Colonial Order
21Chapter 20 - On the Front Lines of the Cold War
8Chapter 7 - New Visions of the World
22Postcommunism, Chapter 21 - Unwanted Independence
9Chapter 8 - Imperial Collapse
23Chapter 22 - A New Central Asia
10Revolution - Chapter 9 - Hope and Disappointment
24Chapter 23 - Nationalizing States in a Globalized World
11Chapter 10 - The Threshold of the East
25Chapter 24 - Are We Still Post-Soviet?
12Chapter 11 - A Soviet Central Asia
26Chapter 25 - A Twenty-First Century Gulag
13Chapter 12 - Autonomy, Soviet Style
27Conclusion, Closing Anno
14Chapter 13 - Revolution from Above
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