The central Asian states: discovering independence

Westview Series on the Post-Soviet Republics -- Preface -- A Note on Languages in Central Asia -- About the Book and Author -- New States and Ancient Societies -- Legacies of Central Asia -- The Soviet Socialist Republics of Central Asia -- Central Asian States Emergent -- Central Asia and the World -- Transition in Asia -- Chronology of Events in Modern Central Asia: November 1917-December 1995