Central Asia. A Century of Russian Rule

New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy in a price-clipped, lightly rubbed, very good+ dust jacket.. xiv, 552 pp. Illus. with b/w photos, drawings and maps. 8vo. Contains: Encounter, by E. Allworth; People, languages, and migrations, by K.H. Menges; The population and the land, by I.M. Matley; Systematic conquest, 1865 to 1884; Organizing and colonizing the conquered territories; The stirring of national feeling; Social and political reform; The fall of the Czarist Empire; Civil war and new governments; and The national republics lose their independence, by H. Carrere d'Encausse; Agricultural development; and Industrialization, by I.M. Matley; The changing intellectual and literary community; and The focus of literature, by E. Allworth; Musical tradition and innovation, by J. Spector; Modernizing architecture, art, and town plans, by A. Sprague. Yakushi A62.