ABSTRACT
Social and Cultural Change in Central Asia: The Soviet legacy is a new collection of essays written by young academics and researchers that looks at how the past continues to drive social, cultural, and political change in the five Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The contributions are the work of scholars from several countries, including from Central Asia. The authors represent different academic disciplines, and they draw on a range of research methodologies, including fieldwork in the region and on written sources in several languages.
