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"Central Asia has long stood at the crossroads of history. It was the staging ground for the armies of the Mongol Empire, for the nineteenth-century struggle between the Russian and British empires, and for the NATO campaign in Afghanistan. Today, multinationals and nations compete for the oil and gas reserves of the Caspian Sea and for control of the pipelines. Yet 'Stanland' is still, to many, a terra incognita, a geographical blank. Beginning in the mid-1990s, academic and journalist David Mould's career took him to the region on Fulbright Fellowships and contracts as a media trainer and consultant for UNESCO and USAID, among others. In Postcards from Stanland, he takes readers along with him on his encounters with the people, landscapes, and customs of the diverse countries--Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan--he came to love. He talks with teachers, students, politicians, environmental activists, bloggers, cab drivers, merchants, Peace Corps volunteers, and more. Until now, few books for a nonspecialist readership have been written on the region, and while Mould brings his own considerable expertise to bear on his account--for example, he is one of the few scholars to have conducted research on post-Soviet media in the region--the book is above all a tapestry of place and a valuable contribution to our understanding of the post-Soviet world"--

Post-communism --- Postcommunism --- World politics --- Communism --- Social aspects --- Mould, David H. --- Mould, David --- Mould, David, --- Travel --- Asia, Central --- Kazakhstan --- Kyrgyzstan --- Tajikistan --- Uzbekistan --- Central Asia --- Soviet Central Asia --- Tūrān --- Turkestan --- West Turkestan --- Asia --- Ȯzbăkistan --- Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi --- Republic of Uzbekistan --- Respublika Uzbekistan --- Usbekistan --- Uzbakastān --- Uzbakistān --- Ŭzbekiston --- Ŭzbekiston Respublikasi --- Uzbekiston Respublikasy --- Wuzibiekesitan --- ازبکستان --- 乌兹别克斯坦 --- Uzbek S.S.R. --- Republic of Tajikistan --- Tadzhikistan --- Таджикистан --- Respublika Tadzhikistan --- Tajikstan --- Tojikiston --- Tadschikistan --- Jumkhurii Tojikiston --- Tajike si tan gong he guo --- Jumḣurii Tojikiston --- タジキスタン --- Tajikisutan --- Tajiquistão‏ --- טג'יקיסטן‏ --- Ṭag'ikisṭan --- Tadžikistan --- Tadzjikistan --- Tayikistán --- República de Tayikistán --- Tajik S.S.R. --- Jierjisi gong he guo --- Jumhūrī-i Qirqīzistān --- Kirghizia --- Kirgisia --- Kirgisien --- Kirgisistan --- Kirgizii︠a︡ --- Kirgizistan --- Kirgiziya --- Kirgizstan --- Kirugisu --- Kirugisutan --- Kuruguzu --- Kuruguzusutan --- Kyrghyzstan --- Kyrgyz Republic --- Kyrgyz Respublikasy --- Kyrgyzskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Kyrgyzskaya Respublika --- Kyrgyzstan Respublikasy --- Qirghiz Respublikasi --- Qīrghīzistān --- Qırğız Respublikası --- Qırğızstan --- Qirqīzistān --- Republic of Kyrgyzstan --- Respublika Kyrgyzstan --- Кыргыз Республикасы --- Кыргызстан --- Кыргызская Республика --- Киргизия --- キルギス --- キルギスタン --- クルグズ --- クルグズスタン --- Kirghiz S.S.R. --- Cazaquistão --- Ha-sa-ssu-tʻan kung ho kuo --- Hasake si tan gong he guo --- Kasachstan --- Kazafusutan --- Ḳazaḥsṭan --- Kazak Respublikasy --- Kazakistan --- Kazakstan --- Qazāqistān --- Qazaqstan --- Qazaqstan Respublikasy --- Qazaqstan Respýblıkasy --- Republic of Kazakhstan --- Republic of Kazakstan --- Respublika Kazakhstan --- Республика Казахстан --- Казахстан --- קזחסטן --- カザフスタン --- Kazakh S.S.R. --- Description and travel. --- Social life and customs. --- Social conditions. --- Kazachstan