"A very useful background text. . . . This work will long remain an expert tool for all those interested in the new Muslim states in Central Asia." --Jacob B. Landau, "Middle Eastern Studies"

Part I. Confrontation Between Two Civilizations
1. Encounter / Edward A. Allworth
2. People, Languages, and Migrations / Karl H. Menges
>
3. The Population and the Land / Ian Murray Matley
Part II. From the Russian Capture of Tashkent to Full Socialization, 1865-1966
4. Systematic Conquest, 1865 to 1885 / Helene Carrere d’Encausse
5. Organizing and Colonizing the Conquered Territories / Helene Carrere d’Encausse
6. The Stirring of National Feeling / Helene Carrere d’Encausse
7. Social and Political Reform / Helene Carrere d’Encausse
8. The Fall of the Czarist Empire / Helene Carrere d’Encausse
9. Civil War and New Governments / Helene Carrere d’Encausse
10. The National Republics Lose Their Independence / Helene Carrere d’Encausse
11. Agricultural Development (1865-1963) / Ian Murray Matley
12. Industrialization (1865-1964) / Ian Murray Matley
13. The Changing Intellectual and Literary Community / Edward A. Allworth
14. The Focus of Literature / Edward A. Allworth
15. Musical Tradition and Innovation / Johanna Spector
16. Modernizing Architecture, Art, and Town Plans / Arthur Sprague
Part III. Followers and Leaders, 1967-1993
17. The New Central Asians / Edward A. Allworth
18. The Hunger for Modern Leadership / Edward A. Allworth
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Contributors
Acknowledgments