This study, written from the perspective of political sociology, represents the first comparative examination of Central Asian communal and political organisati

Russia occupies a unique position in the Muslim world. Unlike any other non-Islamic state, it has ruled Muslim populations for over five hundred years. Though R

This study, written from the perspective of political sociology, represents the first comparative examination of Central Asian communal and political organisati

A comprehensive diplomatic and military history of the Russian conquest of Central Asia, spanning the whole of the nineteenth century.

This collection of essays addresses the challenge of modern nationalism to the tsarist Russian Empire. First appearing on the empire’s western periphery this