The Modernization of Inner Asia

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Maps -- The Authors -- Preface -- The Problem: Inner Asia and Modernization -- Environment -- Nomadism -- Trade and Urban Life -- Empires -- Ethnicity and Culture -- Great Games -- Inner Asia and Europe -- Modernization -- Part I The Premodern Heritage (to the 1920s) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 International Context -- Introduction -- Identity Patterns -- Foreign Influences -- The Challenge of Modernity -- Conclusions and Comparisons -- 3 Political Institutions -- Introduction -- Distribution of Political Power