Too bad this list represents hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars. My Central Asia library is pitifully small. (If you have comments about any of these books, or suggestions of others- I'm looking more for academic books than travel types- let me know.)
Russia's Orient: Imperial Borderlands and Peoples, 1750-1917
The Politics of Muslim Cultural Reform: Jadidism in Central Asia
Islam after Communism: Religion and Politics in Central Asia
Historical Dictionary of Kyrgyzstan
History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Dawn of Civilization : Earliest Times to 700 B.C.
History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Development of Sedentary and Nomadic Civilizations : 700 B.C. to A.D. 250
History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Crossroads of Civilization : A.D. 250 to 750
History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Age of Achievement, 750 Ad to the End of the 15th Century
History of Civilization in Central Asia:Volume Five: Development in Contrast From the Sixteenth to the Mid-Nineteenth Century
The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia
Turkestan and the Fate of the Russian Empire
Holy War in China: The Muslim Rebellion and State in Chinese Central Asia, 1864-1877
Tribal Nation: The Making of Soviet Turkmenistan
Veiled Empire: Gender and Power in Stalinist Central Asia
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
A History of the Peoples of Siberia (not Central Asia, but I don't have a Siberia list)
Arctic Mirrors: Russia and the Small Peoples of the North
14 October 2006
Central Asia Wishlist
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I would suggest adding
The International Politics of Eurasia series. There are 10 volumes. published by Sharpe.
and Russia's Orient: Imperial Borderlands and Peoples 1700-1917
edited by Danile Brower
also, I noticed earlier you were looking for language books. I have found A Begginer's Guide to Tajiki to be an ok source for Tajik (Dari, Farsi) One of it's finer points is that it has a lot of Persian poetry, which if you know any really impresses native speakers.
I really like your blog.
I would also suggest you check out the csis.org web site. They have tons of excellent scholarly publications.
I will try to look for the books on your list. Thanks! I need a lot of help trying to understand Uzbek culture.
Thanks mami. I had Russia's Orient on my list, but it didn't get on the post. I am very interested in reading that one.
navid, it sounds great, but I think I'd be a lot better off talking to someone in person. I've tried talking in foreign languages over phones and computers, and I'm awful at it. Thanks for the offer though, and good luck with your English.
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