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| Material Type: | Conference publication, Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert L Canfield; School of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.) |
| ISBN: | 052139094X 9780521390941 |
| OCLC Number: | 20826474 |
| Notes: | "The initial drafts of the chapters ... were written as contributions to an Advanced Seminar on "Central Asia as a Culture Area" held at the School of American Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the week of April 15 to 19, 1985"--Pref. "A School of American Research book." |
| Description: | xiv, 256 p. : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : the Turko-Persian tradition / Robert L. Canfield -- Pre-Islamic and early Islamic cultures in central Asia / Richard N. Frye -- Turko-Mongol influences in central Asia / Yuri Bregel -- Islamic culture and literature in Iran and central Asia in the early modern period / Michel M. Mazzaoui -- Perso-Islamic culture in India from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century / Francis Robinson -- Theological "extremism" and social movements in Turko-Persia / Robert L. Canfield -- Local knowledge of Islam and social discourse in Afghanistan and Turkistan in the modern period / M. Nazif Shahrani -- Russia's geopolitical and ideological dilemmas in central Asia / Milan Hauner -- Chronology of events and developments in the history of the Turko-Persian ecumene. |
| Series Title: | School of American Research advanced seminar series |
| Responsibility: | edited by Robert L. Canfield. |
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