The Central Asian States

Discovering Independence

• Author(s): Gregory W. Gleason,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 244
• ISBN_10: 0367318342
  ISBN_13: 9780367318345
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economic Conditions , History / Asia / General , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism , Political Science / International Relations / General , Political Science / World / Asian , Social Science / Regional Studies ,

Description:... The lands of Central Asia are united by a common history and historical identity as well as by common traditions. A heritage of tribal mountain and steppe confederations and oasis emirates gave way in the Soviet period to the creation of artificial ?nation-states? in the heart of Asia. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, these nations?Kazakstan,