Life at the Edge of the Empire

Download or read book Life at the Edge of the Empire written by Sam Tranum and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-06-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 35 oral histories in this English-language anthology touch on events including: Urkun; World War I; sedentarization; collectivization; World War II; the post-war reconstruction period; Stalin s death; the Khrushchev and Brezhnev eras; independence; and privatization. The interviewees talk about language, religion, the roles of men and women in society, their school days, their war experiences, migration issues, deported nationalities, agriculture, food, and entertainment. The first edition was published with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the American University of Central Asia. This is the second edition.