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The Surrogate Proletariat: Moslem Women and Revolutionary Strategies in Soviet Central Asia, 1919-1929
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Full Title:
The Surrogate Proletariat: Moslem Women and Revolutionary Strategies in Soviet Central Asia, 1919-1929
Contributors:
By (Author) Gregory J. Massell
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
19th May 2015
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Social groups: religious groups and communities
Sociology
Dewey:
305.48697
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
492
Dimensions:
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
Weight:
822g
Description
The attempted modernization of Central Asia by the central Soviet government in the 1920's was a dramatic confrontation between radical, determined, authoritarian communists and a cluster of traditional Moslem societies based on kinship, custom, and religion. The Soviet authorities were determined to undermine the traditional social order through t
