CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- DETRIMENTS TO GENDER DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL ASIA -- THE MIGRATION OF RURAL POPULATIONS TO CITIES -- THE SHAMBHALA MYTH IN BURYATIA AND MONGOLIA -- THE MOUNTAIN CULT IN NORTH-EASTERN TIBET AND ITS RELATION TO THE BUDDHIST REINCARNATED MASTERS -- STILL SEEKING THE SIMORGH -- THE CELTIC CAMBRAI HOMILY (7TH CENTURY) AND ANCIENT ASIAN CHROMATIC SYMBOLISM -- THE INFLUENCE OF PERSIAN TRADITION ON THE MUSICAL CULTURES OF CENTRAL ASIA -- U.S. STRATEGIC POLICY IN CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA -- READING OF URBAN MORPHOLOGY -- INDIAN SCHOLAR-TRAVELLER RAHULA SANKRITYAYANA AND HIS PERCEPTIONS OF SOVIET "ORDER" -- THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE INTERNET TO DEMOCRATISATION IN AZERBAIJAN AND KAZAKHSTAN -- BLACK AND WHITE -- THE INFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN NATURALISM IN MODERN PERSIAN FICTION -- HAGIOGRAPHIC TENDENCIES IN THE TARIKH-I RASHIDI -- WATER REFORMS AND WATER GOVERNANCE IN KYRGYZSTAN -- BUDDHISM IN IRAN UNDER THE MONGOLS -- POLITICS OF LANGUAGE IN INDEPENDENT UZBEKISTAN -- DYNASTIC RELATIONS BETWEEN CUMANS AND NEIGHBOURING STATES -- AGRARIAN REFORM AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN TURKMENISTAN -- MAPS AND VISIONS -- EMPTY GRAVES -- NOTES ON THE SIEGE TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED BY THE AVAR ARMY -- KAZAKH MEDICAL TRADITIONS IN PRESENT-DAY KAZAKHSTAN -- ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CENTRAL ASIA FOR BIOSOCIOLINGUISTIC RESEARCH -- REMAINS OF THE RIDDLE COMPETITIONS IN ANCIENT IRANIAN, GREEK AND INDIAN LITERATURE -- BORDER INFILTRATIONS BY ISLAMISTS MOVEMENTS AND DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN FORMER SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA -- HOW TO BUILD A NATION WITH WORDS -- THE ROLE OF AFGHAN INTELLECTUALS IN MODERNISATION AND INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN -- LOCAL NEEDS VERSUS GLOBAL DEMANDS FOR THE WALNUT-FRUIT FORESTS OF KYRGYZSTAN -- NOTES ON CENTRAL-ASIAN AND SUFI SOURCES OF CULT OF SAINTS IN SIBERIAN ISLAM -- THE CITY IN SUBURBIA.

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