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Veiled Empire; Gender and Power in Stalinist Central Asia
by Douglas Northrop
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0801488915
- ISBN 13
- 9780801488917
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004 Cornell Univ Press, Ithaca NY. 2004. Soft Cover/Trade Wraps. First Edition in Paper/ First Printing. Book condition: Near Fine; bumping to top and bottom front tips. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not cracked or split. 392 pp. The author reconstructs the turbulent history of a Soviet campaign in the 1930s that sought to end the seclusion of Muslim women. In Uzbekistan it focused above all on a massive effort to eliminate the heavy horsehair and cotton veils worn by many women and girls. This campaign was emblematic of the larger Soviet attempt to being the proletarian revolution to Muslim Central Asia. A pristine and clean copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001237
- Title
- Veiled Empire; Gender and Power in Stalinist Central Asia
- Author
- Douglas Northrop
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0801488915
- ISBN 13
- 9780801488917
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, NY
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- UZBEKISTAN, SOVIET RUSSIA, UNION, VEILING OF WOMEN, SECLUSION MUSLIM TRADITIONS IN PEASANTS, CENTRAL ASIAN PEOPLES.
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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