Laboratory of socialist development : Cold War politics and decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan

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Full Title:: Laboratory of socialist development : Cold War politics and decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan / Artemy M. Kalinovsky

Subjects:: Economic development--Tajikistan--History--20th century
Communism and society--History--20th century
Elite (Social sciences)--Tajikistan--History--20th century
Central-local government relations--Tajikistan--History--20th century
Tajikistan--Politics and government--20th century
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1953-1985

Table of Contents:: 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.
Summary:: "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"--
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: xiii, 316 pages ; 24 cm