Tajikistan

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

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