Urban Life in Post-Soviet Asia

by Victor Buchli and Caroline Humphrey

Capturing a unique historical moment, this book examines the changes in urban life since the collapse of the Soviet Union from an ethnographic perspective, thus addressing significant gaps in the literature on cities, Central Asia and post-socialism.

It encompasses Tashkent, Almaty, Astana and Ulan-Ude: four cities with quite different responses to the fall of the Soviet Union. Each chapter takes a theme of central significance across this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415533163
• ISBN13: 9780415533164
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: UCL Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"