Central Asia Reader: The Rediscovery of History - The Rediscovery of History

An anthology, translated from original languages and annotated, which documents the rediscovery of history and aims to establish foundations for current political action and cultural revival in the Turkic regions of the former Soviet Union.

List of contents

Part 1 Rediscovery of History; Chapter 1 The Question of the Turk, Ayaz Malikov; Chapter 2 Let Us Learn About Our Heritage, Muhammad Ali; Chapter 3 The Origins of the Kazaks and the Özbeks, Zeki Velidi Togan; Part 2 Rediscovery of Cultural Monuments; Chapter 4 Exposing the Murderer of Alpamysh, Nairn Karimov; Chapter 5 Ethnographic Information Concerning Azerbaijan Contained in the Dede Korkut Dastan, Memmed Dadashzade; Chapter 6 Discovery of History, Kahar Barat; Chapter 7 Kutadgu Bilig, Bahtiyar Nazarov; Chapter 8 Deceivers, Adahiyatchi; Part 3 Rediscovery of Political History; Chapter 9 Three Types of Policies, Yusuf Akchura; Chapter 10 The Program of the Turkic Federalist Party in Turkistan (1917); Chapter 11 Excerpts from the Memoirs of Zeki Velidi Togan, H.B. Paksoy; Chapter 12 Address to the Fourth International Conference on Central Asia, Sheik-ul-Islam al-Haj Allahsükür Pashazade; Part 4 Rediscovery of Political Identity; Chapter 13 Turkestan; Chapter 14 Alma-Ata, December 1986; Chapter 15 Ethnic Conflict in Central Asia, Summer 1989; Chapter 16 The Crimean Tatars' Thorny Path to Their Homeland, Mustafa Jemilev; Chapter 17 The Nevada-Semipalatinsk Antinuclear Movement in Kazakhstan; Chapter 18 Events in Baku, January 1990; Chapter 19 The Unifying Line Must Be the National Liberation Idea;

About the author

H. B. Paksoy

Product details

• Authors: H B Paksoy, H. B. Paksoy, Paksoy H.B.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.1994
• EAN: 9781563242014
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-201-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia, Central Asia, Asian History, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity