Foreword /Teresa Rakowska-Harmstone
Acknowledgments
Note on Spelling and Transliteration
Introduction /William Fierman
PART ONE: The Setting
1 The Soviet Transformation of Central Asia /William Fierman
2 Implications of Ethnic and Demographic Trends /Nimcy Lubin
3 Central Asia's Cotton Economy and Its Costs /Boris Z. Rumer
PART TWO: Politics
4 Power and Politics in Soviet Uzbekistan: From Stalin to Gorbachev /Donald 5. Carlisle
5 Prelude to Independence: How the Uzbek Party Apparatus Broke Moscow's Grip on Elite Recruitment /James Critchlow
PART THREE: Identity and Religion
6 Ethnic Attitudes and Relations in Modem Uzbek Cities /Ronald Wixman
7 Islam and Atheism: Dynamic Tension in Soviet Central Asia /Azade-Ayse Rorlich
8 Forging a Soviet People: Ethnolinguistics in Central Asia /Isabelle Kreindler
PART FOUR: Socioeconomic Issues
9 Women and Society in Central Asia /Martha Brill Olcott
10 Central Asian Youth and Migration /William Fierman
Conclusion /William Fierman
Glossary
About the Editor and Contributors
Index.