Land Beyond the River Untold Story of Central Asia

Name: Land Beyond the River Untold Story of Central Asia
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ISBN: 9780312277277

ISBN-10: 031227727X

ISBN-13: 9780312277277

Edition: 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Monica Whitlock

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Along the banks of the river once called Oxus lie the heartlands of Central Asia: Uzbekistan and Tajikstan. Catapulted into the news by events in Afghanistan, just across the water, these strategically important, intriguing and beautiful countries remain almost completely unknown to the outside world. In this book, Monica Whitlock goes far beyond the headlines. Using eyewitness accounts, unpublished letters and firsthand reporting, she enters into the lives of the Central Asians and reveals a dramatic and moving human story unfolding over three generations. There is Muhammadjan, called 'Hindustani', a diligent seminary student in the holy city of Bukhara until the 1917 revolution tore up…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 10/24/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Illustrations


Maps


The setting: The shrine of al-Hakim of Termez



Witnesses and actors



Journeys in the dark - the migration across the Amu



The world turned upside-down



A town called Monday



'A paradise on earth'



'Why were we there?' - Afghanistan



'What is to become of us?'



Kartoshka, kartushka - war in Tajikistan



On both sides of the Amu



A year in Tashkent



What happened in Mazar-e Sharif



The Glinka Street plot



What tomorrow brings


Sources and further reading


Acknowledgements


Index