GEOG 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ethnic Nationalism, Altaic Languages, Liberal Democracy
2 Oct 2020
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Stalin wanted to ensure the integration of central asia into the soviet union. Forcibly transformed uzbekistan from diverse subsistence agricultural production to cotton production. Make uzbekistan dependent on external sources of food. Cotton production in uzbekistan: 3 key issues. Economic exploitation: core periphery model: top five cotton producers: china, us, india, pakistan, Uzbekistan: only uzbekistan lacks a domestic textile industry, 75% of uzbek cotton exported, they are pretty must a resource periphery, like india to britain, core- periphery model. #4 understand the rise of ethnic nationalism and . Central asians lacked a strong sense of ethnic identity. Uzbeklar and tajiks are different in language but one in heart. Many central asians adopted the soviet identity. Soviet identity- was civic (multi- ethnic) and a socialist identity. 15 autonomous ethnic republics created by stalin. Rebellion by people who share a family: turkic language common branch of altaic. Central asians had a laid- back interpretation of islam.
