TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roy,Olivier
TI  - The new Central Asia: geopolitics and the birth of nations 
SN  - 9780814776094
AV  - 400 DK 859.5 R888n 2007
U1  - 958/.04 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Asia, Central
KW  - Nacionalismo
KW  - Asia Central
KW  - 20151200
KW  - History
KW  - Historia
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1991-
KW  - Política y gobierno
N1  - With a new preface; Includes bibliographical references and index; History and identity -- The Russian conquest -- Reform movements among the muslims of the empire -- The sovietisation of central Asia -- The recomposition of solidarity groups during the Soviet period -- Political factionalism and national affirmation during the Soviet era -- From nationalism to independence -- Islam -- From independence to emerging nationalism -- A new geo-strategic context; Originally published as; La nouvelle Asie centrale ou la fabrication des nations
N2  - In his acclaimed book, now featuring a new preface, Olivier Roy examines the political development of Central Asia, from Russian conquests to the "war on terror" and beyond; During the anti-Gorbachev coup in August 1991, most communist leaders from Soviet Central Asia backed the plotters. Within weeks of the coup's collapse, these very same leaders -now transformed into ardent nationalists- proclaimed the independence of their nations, designed new flags, invented new slogans and discovered a new patriotism. How were these new nations built, without any traditional nationalist reference points?; In The New Central Asia, Olivier Roy argues that Soviet practice had always been build on local institutions and promote a local élite. Thus Soviet administration -as opposed to Soviet policy making- was always surprisingly decentralized. With home-grown political leaders and administrative institutions, national identities in Central Asia emerged almost by stealth. Roy's compelling analysis of the new Central Asian states -Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kirghizstan and including Azerbaijan- makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the geopolitics of Central Asia
ER  -