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Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a number of linkages have
been established between newly independent Central Asian states, or
populations within them, and diaspora ethnic groups. This book
explores the roles that diaspora communities play in the recent and
ongoing emergence of national identities in Central Asia and the
Caucasus.
The loyalties of these communities are divided between their
countries of residence and those states that serve as homeland of
their particular ethno-cultural nation, and are further complicated
by connections with contested transnational notions of common
cultures and 'peoples'. Written by highly respected experts in the
field, the book addresses issues such as nationalism, conflict,
population movement, global civil society, Muslim communities in
China and relations between the new nation-states and Russia.
This innovative book will interest students and researchers of
transnationalism and Central Asian studies.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a number of linkages have
been established between newly independent Central Asian states, or
populations within them, and diaspora ethnic groups. This book
explores the roles that diaspora communities play in the recent and
ongoing emergence of national identities in Central Asia and the
Caucasus.
The loyalties of these communities are divided between their
countries of residence and those states that serve as homeland of
their particular ethno-cultural nation, and are further complicated
by connections with contested transnational notions of common
cultures and 'peoples'. Written by highly respected experts in the
field, the book addresses issues such as nationalism, conflict,
population movement, global civil society, Muslim communities in
China and relations between the new nation-states and Russia.
This innovative book will interest students and researchers of
transnationalism and Central Asian studies.
The Maritime Silk Road foregrounds the numerous networks that have
been woven across oceanic geographies, tying world regions together
often far more extensively than land-based routes. On the strength
of the new data which has emerged in the last two decades in the
form of archaeological findings, as well as new techniques such as
GIS modelling, the authors collectively demonstrate the existence
of a very early global maritime trade. From architecture to
cuisine, and language to clothing, evidence points to early
connections both within Asia and between Asia and other
continents-well before European explorations of the Global South.
The human stories presented here offer insights into both the
extent and limits of this global exchange, showing how goods and
people travelled vast distances, how they were embedded in regional
networks, and how local cultures were shaped as a result.
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