Explorations in the social history of modern Central Asia (19th-early 20th century) / edited by Paolo Sartori.

Other author Sartori, Paolo, 1975-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden : Brill, [2013]
Descriptionxiii, 333 pages ; 24 cm.
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SeriesBrill's Inner Asian library, 1566-7162 ; volume 29
Contents Introduction: On the Social in Central Asian History : Notes in the Margins of Legal Records / Paolo Sartori -- Amlakdars, Khwajas and Mulk Land in the Zarafshan Valley after the Russian Conquest / Alexander Morrison -- Managing Rural Landscapes in Colonial Turkestan : A View from the Margins / Beatrice Penati -- Who Should Manage the Water of the Amu-Darya? : Controversy over Irrigation Concessions between Russia and Khiva, 1913-1914 / Akifumi Shioya -- High Rank and Power among the Northern Kirghiz : Terms and Their Problems, 1845-1864 / Daniel G. Prior -- Performance and Poetics in Kyrgyz Memorial Feasts : The Discursive Construction of Identity Categories / Svetlana Jacquesson -- Using Turki-Language Qazaq Letters to Reconstruct Local Political History of the 1820s-30s / Virginia Martin -- A Month among the Qazaqs in the Emirate of Bukhara : Observations on Islamic Knowledge in a Nomadic Environment / Allen J. Frank -- Creating the Facade of a Despotic State : On Aqsaqals in Late 19th-Century Bukhara / Andreas Wilde -- Fathers and Sons : Re-Readings in a Samarqandi Private Archive / Thomas Welsford.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (page 323) and indexes.
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LCCN 2013016576
ISBN9789004248434 (hardback : acid-free paper)