Everyday Islam: Religion and Tradition in Rural Central Asia

By Sergei P. Poliakov and Martha Brill Olcott

Book Overview

With a growing population, deteriorating economic conditions, and an unstable imperial centre, Soviet Central Asia would seem destined to become a trouble spot. Instead Islamic traditionalism has survived and flourished in Central Asia. This book looks at the reasons why.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873326741
• ISBN13: 9780873326742
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"