The Modern Uzbeks: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present: A Cultural History

by Edward A. Allworth

Book Overview

In this study of the modern Uzbeks, Professor Edward A. Allworth provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of an important group of Muslim people who live within the boundaries of the Soviet Union. After the Russians and the Ukranians, the Uzbeks are the largest ethnic group in the Soviet Union and the strongest of a number of Muslim communities that populate the vast region of Central Asia.

Although he concentrates especially on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817987320
• ISBN13: 9780817987329
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"