Glenn E. Curtis, ed. Tajikistan: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress,
1996.
Acknowledgments
Preface
History
Ethnic Background
Early History
The Russian Conquest
The Revolutionary Era
Impact of the Civil War
The Basmachi
Creation of Tajikistan
Collectivization
The Purges
The Postwar Period
Geography
Topography and Drainage
Climate
Environmental Problems
Society
Population
Population Characteristics
Urbanization
The Rural Majority
Gender and Family Structure
Emigration
Ethnic Groups
Forces of Nationalism
Religion
Culture and the Arts
Education
Health
The Economy
Agriculture
Industry
Energy
Labor
Economic Conditions in the Early 1990s
Transition to a Market Economy
Foreign Economic Relations
Government
Transition to Post-Soviet Government
Government Structure
Political Parties
The Media
Human Rights
Foreign Relations
Bibliography
Country Studies Index
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