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03398aam a22004218i 4500 001 4F7407FEEA7311E5BB605CDFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160315010103 008 150917s2016 ohu b s001 0deng 010 $a 2015036332 020 $a 0821421778 (paperback : acid-free paper) 020 $a 9780821421772 (paperback : acid-free paper) 020 $a 082142176X (hardback : acid-free paper) 020 $a 9780821421765 (hardback : acid-free paper) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SKYRV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a DS327.8 $b .M68 2016 082 00 $a 958/.042 $2 23 100 1 $a Mould, David H. $q (David Harley), $d 1949- 245 10 $a Postcards from Stanland : $b journeys in Central Asia / $c David H. Mould. 264 1 $a Athens : $b Ohio University Press, $c 2016. 300 $a xiv, 310 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Travels in "Kyrzakhstan" -- Sacred mountain and silly borders -- How do you say "rump roast"? -- Kasha, honor, dignity, and revolution -- On and off the silk road -- To be a Kazakh is to be "brave and free" -- Father of apples -- The President's dream city -- Coal and steel -- No polygon, no problem -- wheat and oil -- the seven lessons from Stanland. 520 2 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Mould, David H. $q (David Harley), $d 1949- $x Travel $z Asia, Central. 650 0 $a Post-communism $x Social aspects $z Asia, Central. 651 0 $a Asia, Central $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Kazakhstan $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Kyrgyzstan $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Tajikistan $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Uzbekistan $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Asia, Central $x Social life and customs. 651 0 $a Asia, Central $x Social conditions. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217025233.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20160315010333.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4F7407FEEA7311E5BB605CDFDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search