Laboratory of socialist development Cold War politics and decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan

Introduction : with dreams begin responsibilities -- Decolonization, de-Stalinization, and development -- Ayni's children : the making of a Tajik professional elite after Stalin -- The object of development : Central Asian social scientists and the meaning of equality, prosperity, and progress...

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1. Verfasser: Kalinovsky, Artemy M. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca, London Cornell University Press 2018
Ausgabe:First published
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction : with dreams begin responsibilities -- Decolonization, de-Stalinization, and development -- Ayni's children : the making of a Tajik professional elite after Stalin -- The object of development : Central Asian social scientists and the meaning of equality, prosperity, and progress -- The hiding hand : planning, improvization, and the building of the Nurek Dam -- City you can write about : internationalism, social welfare, and urban utopia in Nurek -- Shepherds into builders : making the new Tajik man and woman -- Tractors, power lines, and the welfare state : the contradictions of the cotton economy and technological innovation -- A torch lighting the way to progress and civilization : Soviet Central Asia as a model of development -- Rethinking development in the era of glasnost : environmentalism, nationalism, and protest -- Conclusion : a dream deferred
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-307) and index
Beschreibung:xiii, 316 Seiten
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24 cm
ISBN:9781501715563
978-1-5017-1556-3