Laboratory of socialist development : Cold War politics and decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan /
Kalinovsky, Artemy M.,
Laboratory of socialist development : Cold War politics and decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan / Artemy M. Kalinovsky. - 1 online resource (xiii, 316 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : with dreams begin responsibilities -- Decolonization, de-Stalinization, and development -- Ayni's children : the making of a Tajik professional elite after Stalin -- The object of development : Central Asian social scientists and the meaning of equality, prosperity, and progress -- The hiding hand : planning, improvization, and the building of the Nurek Dam -- City you can write about : internationalism, social welfare, and urban utopia in Nurek -- Shepherds into builders : making the new Tajik man and woman -- Tractors, power lines, and the welfare state : the contradictions of the cotton economy and technological innovation -- A torch lighting the way to progress and civilization : Soviet Central Asia as a model of development -- Rethinking development in the era of glasnost : environmentalism, nationalism, and protest -- Conclusion : a dream deferred.
"Focusing on the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, this book places the Soviet development of Central Asia, and the Soviet hope for communism's bringing prosperity to a supposedly backward area, in global context"--
9781501715587 (electronic book) 1501715585 (electronic book)
22573/ctt1w0f1gp JSTOR
2017057140
1900-1999
Economic development--History--Tajikistan--20th century.
Communism and society--History--20th century.
Elite (Social sciences)--History--Tajikistan--20th century.
Central-local government relations--History--Tajikistan--20th century.
Electronic books.
Développement économique--Histoire--Tadjikistan--20e siècle.
Communisme et société--Histoire--20e siècle.
Élite (Sciences sociales)--Histoire--Tadjikistan--20e siècle.
Relations gouvernement central-collectivités locales--Histoire--Tadjikistan--20e siècle.
Livres numériques.
e-books.
HISTORY--Central Asia.--Asia
HISTORY--General.--Asia
Central-local government relations.
Communism and society.
Economic development.
Elite (Social sciences)
Politics and government.
Tajikistan--Politics and government--20th century.
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1953-1985.
Tadjikistan--Politique et gouvernement--20e siècle.
URSS--Politique et gouvernement--1953-1985.
Soviet Union.
Tajikistan.
Electronic books.
History.
DK928.86 / .K35 2018
958.608/5
Laboratory of socialist development : Cold War politics and decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan / Artemy M. Kalinovsky. - 1 online resource (xiii, 316 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : with dreams begin responsibilities -- Decolonization, de-Stalinization, and development -- Ayni's children : the making of a Tajik professional elite after Stalin -- The object of development : Central Asian social scientists and the meaning of equality, prosperity, and progress -- The hiding hand : planning, improvization, and the building of the Nurek Dam -- City you can write about : internationalism, social welfare, and urban utopia in Nurek -- Shepherds into builders : making the new Tajik man and woman -- Tractors, power lines, and the welfare state : the contradictions of the cotton economy and technological innovation -- A torch lighting the way to progress and civilization : Soviet Central Asia as a model of development -- Rethinking development in the era of glasnost : environmentalism, nationalism, and protest -- Conclusion : a dream deferred.
"Focusing on the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, this book places the Soviet development of Central Asia, and the Soviet hope for communism's bringing prosperity to a supposedly backward area, in global context"--
9781501715587 (electronic book) 1501715585 (electronic book)
22573/ctt1w0f1gp JSTOR
2017057140
1900-1999
Economic development--History--Tajikistan--20th century.
Communism and society--History--20th century.
Elite (Social sciences)--History--Tajikistan--20th century.
Central-local government relations--History--Tajikistan--20th century.
Electronic books.
Développement économique--Histoire--Tadjikistan--20e siècle.
Communisme et société--Histoire--20e siècle.
Élite (Sciences sociales)--Histoire--Tadjikistan--20e siècle.
Relations gouvernement central-collectivités locales--Histoire--Tadjikistan--20e siècle.
Livres numériques.
e-books.
HISTORY--Central Asia.--Asia
HISTORY--General.--Asia
Central-local government relations.
Communism and society.
Economic development.
Elite (Social sciences)
Politics and government.
Tajikistan--Politics and government--20th century.
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1953-1985.
Tadjikistan--Politique et gouvernement--20e siècle.
URSS--Politique et gouvernement--1953-1985.
Soviet Union.
Tajikistan.
Electronic books.
History.
DK928.86 / .K35 2018
958.608/5