Birgit N. Schlyter / Mirja Juntunen (eds.)

Return To The Silk Routes

Current Scandinavian Research on Central Asia
Herausgeber: Juntunen, Mirja; Schlyter, Birgit N

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Produktbeschreibung

The twelve papers cover a range of topics, including politics in Afghanistan and former Soviet central Asian republics; archaeological exploration in Xinjiang; a recently-discovered Mongolian manuscript of Chinggis Khan; stories about Tibetan travelers to the other world; and linguistic issues related to Mongolian and its relationship between the "Altaic" languages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780710306081
• ISBN-10: 0710306083
• Artikelnr.: 54573404

Autorenporträt

Edited by Mirja Juntunen, Birgit N. Schlyter

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Remarks on Transcription and Spelling
CENTRAL ASIA RESEARCH - A BACKGROUND
Nordic Research on Central Asia: Past
Present and Future
Marginal Centrality: Central Asian Studies on the Eve of a New Millennium
ARCHAEOLOGY
Chinese Excavations at Turfan
The Sino-Swedish Expedition to Yar-tonguz in 1994
RELIGION
Superscribing the Hegemonic Image of Chinggis Khan in the Erdeni Tunumal Sudur
'They only weep ...': Stories about Tibetan Travellers to the Other Worlds
LANGUAGE
Regional Aspects of the Turkic Influence on Mongolian
Remarks on the Mongolian Vowel System
Towards a Sociolinguistic History of Sinkiang
POLITICAL ASPECTS
Russia and Post-Soviet Central Asia: Reintegration Ahead?
Democracy versus Stability in Kazakstan
War and Change in Afghanistan: Reflections on Research Priorities
Biographical Notes on the Contributors