| Journey Into Kazakhstan: The True Face of the Nazabayev Regime Contributor(s): George, Alexandra (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761819649 ISBN-13: 9780761819646 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $102.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 958.450 |
| LCCN: 2001018115 |
| Physical Information: 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since independence in 1991, Kazakhstan, the second largest of the former 15 Soviet Republics, stretching across 3500 kilometers, has been descending into a social and economic abyss. The decline is more tragic because it was the most Westernized of the Soviet Central Asian republics. In Journey into Kazakhstan, the author travels to different regions - the Aral Sea, the Caspian region, the vast central steppelands, the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Polygon, Karaganda, built by Stalin labour camp prisoners, ravaged industrial towns like Shymkent and Kentau, and collapsing state farms. Through on-the-spot reporting the reader will witness how an entire society is descending rapidly back to the pre-industrial era on account of misgovernance and malfeasance and the collapse of education and social welfare. |