Joanna Lillis

Dark Shadows

Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dark Shadows is a compelling portrait of Kazakhstan, a country that is little known in the West. Strategically located in the heart of Central Asia, sandwiched between Vladimir Putin's Russia, its former colonial ruler, and Xi Jinping's China, this vast oil-rich state is carving out its place in the world as it contends with its own complex past and present. Journalist Joanna Lillis paints a vibrant picture of this emerging nation through vivid reportage based on 13 years of on-the-ground coverage, and travels across the length and breadth of this enigmatic country that lies along the ancient Silk Road and at the geopolitical and cultural crossroads where East meets West.Featuring tales of murder and abduction, intrigue and betrayal, extortion and corruption, this book explores how a president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, transformed himself into a potentate and the economically-struggling state he inherited at the fall of the USSR into a swaggering 21st-century monocracy. A colourful cast of characters brings the politics to life: from strutting oligarch to sleeping villagers, from principled politicians to striking oilmen, from crusading journalists to courageous campaigners.Traversing dust-blown deserts and majestic mountains, taking in glitzy cities and dystopian landscapes, Dark Shadows conjures up Kazakhstan as a living, breathing place, full of extraordinary people living extraordinary lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: I.B.Tauris
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 142mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781784538613
• ISBN-10: 1784538612
• Artikelnr.: 52625164

Autorenporträt

Joanna Lillis is a freelance journalist based in Kazakhstan. She writes regularly on the country for The Atlantic, The Guardian (for whom she is their de facto Central Asia correspondent), The Diplomat, EurasiaNet, Politico and The National. She previously worked for nearly four years for the BBC in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and is considered one of the best journalists working on the ground in Central Asia today.

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1 - THE MAKING OF A POTENTATE1. Arise, Kazakhstan2. A Family Affair3. Don't Mess with the Boss4. Fault-Lines in the Feel-Good Factor5. Publish and Be Damned6. Bread and Circuses7. Back to the USSR8. Stop the PressesPART 2 - IDENTITY CRISIS9. Kingdom of the Kazakhs10. Mother Russia11. Death to the Past12. The Gulag Archipelago13. Exile of the Innocents14. Sparks of Tension15. December of Discontent16. Lure of the Land17. Homeward BoundPART 3 - STORIES FROM THE STEPPE18. Keeping the Faith19. Opium of the People20. Culture Wars21. The Curse of Corruption22. The Shrinking Sea23. The Wasteland24. The Ranch25. The Slumbering Steppe26. The Collective FarmBibliography

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PART 1 - THE MAKING OF A POTENTATE 1. Arise, Kazakhstan 2. A Family Affair
3. Don't Mess with the Boss 4. Fault-Lines in the Feel-Good Factor 5.
Publish and Be Damned 6. Bread and Circuses 7. Back to the USSR 8. Stop the
Presses PART 2 - IDENTITY CRISIS 9. Kingdom of the Kazakhs 10. Mother
Russia 11. Death to the Past 12. The Gulag Archipelago 13. Exile of the
Innocents 14. Sparks of Tension 15. December of Discontent 16. Lure of the
Land 17. Homeward Bound PART 3 - STORIES FROM THE STEPPE 18. Keeping the
Faith 19. Opium of the People 20. Culture Wars 21. The Curse of Corruption
22. The Shrinking Sea 23. The Wasteland 24. The Ranch 25. The Slumbering
Steppe 26. The Collective Farm Bibliography

Rezensionen

Lillis traveled widely across the country, carried out an impressive number of interviews, and followed several key events. She also closely explored the stories and experiences of numerous [people]... Her work demonstrates that [Kazakhstan] has become more secretive, authoritative, and oppressive. CHOICE