Central Asia in World History

by S.A.M. Adshead

Overview

This is a study of Central Asian history from Chinggis to the present, with reference to relations with China, Russia, India and Western Europe and to wider themes of world history. An introductory chapter defines Central Asia in time, place and ecology. The following chapters relate Central Asian history to the eight world institutions, whose development, it is argued, constitute world history in the proper sense.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349226269
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	02/15/1993
Edition description:	1st ed. 1993
Pages:	291
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

PART 1: BEFORE THE EXPLOSION - World History and Central Asia: Time, Place and People - Central Asia and Temporary World Institutions - PART 2: CENTRAL ASIA AS ACTIVE - The Mongolian Explosion and the Basic Information Circuit, 1200-1300 - The Chaghatai Khanate and the Microbian Common Market, 1300-1370 - Tamculans and the Global Arsenal, 1370-1405 - The Timurids and the Republic of Letters - Uzbeks, Zunghars and the Religious Internationals - PART 3: ASIA AS PASSIVE - The World Market and Early Modern Central Asia - The Higher Polytechnic and Modern Central Asia - The Common Consensus and Contemporary Central Asia - Notes - Bibliography - Index