Central Asians Under Russian Rule: A Study in Culture Change

By Elizabeth E. Bacon

Book Overview

Originally published in 1966, this edition of Elizabeth E. Bacon's classic work of history and ethnography includes an extensive introduction by Michael M. J. Fischer that surveys developments in our knowledge of Central Asia in the fifteen years since its initial publication while speaking to the timeless qualities of Bacon's original research and insights.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801492114
• ISBN13: 9780801492112
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Buying it for my shelf after having borrowed it from another

Yah, I read this book. I live and work in Kyrgzystan and I am always trying to find good books on this region. I really appreciated this book because it was easy to read and facinating. The author first describes what the nomadic lifestyle as well as the sendentary lifestyle was of the Kyrgyz, Kazahk, Turkomen, Tajik, and the Uzbek was like before Russians entered the picture. Then she outlines the change under the Russian Tsarist government and then under the Soviet influence. Written in 1966, it still is relevent especially for anyone living and working in Central Asia.