Waiting for winter to end: an extraordinary journey through Soviet Central Asia / Georgie Anne Geyer
by Geyer, Georgie Anne (1935-)
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Washington: Brassey's, 1994. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 237 pages: illustrations, map; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-228) and index. Contents:1. Waiting for Winter: The Ruins of Utopianism -- 2. Tatarstan: Getting Even After 440 Years -- 3. Kazakhstan: Rumor of the New Silk Road -- 4. Kyrgyzstan: The Silk Revolution, a Democratic Buddha of a President, and Three-Story Houses -- 5. Uzbekistan: Voyage to the Center of the World -- 6. Baku: City of Roses and Death, Bitten by the Wind.Subjects: Geyer, Georgie Anne 1935- Travel Asia, Central. Asia, Central Description and travel.Travel. Central AsiaGenre: Bibliography.Biography. Illustrated.
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- Title
- Waiting for winter to end: an extraordinary journey through Soviet Central Asia / Georgie Anne Geyer
- Author
- Geyer, Georgie Anne (1935-)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0028811100
- ISBN 13
- 9780028811109
- Publisher
- Washington: Brassey's
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1994
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