a Modern Journey from China to Istanbul, Through Central Asia, Iran and the Caucasus.
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New York :
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Garnet Publishing (UK) Ltd,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2012.
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1 online resource (321 pages)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Contents; Introduction; Endings and Beginnings; China; Jinghong; Kunming; Chengdu; Lanzhou; Dunhuang; Urumqi; Kazakhstan; Almaty; Shymkent and Turkistan; Uzbekistan; Tashkent; Bukhara; Samarkand; Tashkent (again); Khiva; Turkmenistan; Dashogus and Konye-Urgench; Ashgabat; Iran; Mashhad; Yazd; Esfahan; Tabriz; Armenia; Yerevan and Lake Sevan; Georgia; Tbilisi; Batumi; Turkey; Trabzon; Safranbolu; Istanbul; Selected Bibliography; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Tearing up the Silk Road is an irreverent travelogue that details a journey along the ancient trade routes from China to Istanbul, through Central Asia, Iran and the Caucasus. As Tom Coote struggles through the often arbitrary borders and bureaucracies of China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Armenia, Georgia and Turkey, it becomes apparent that the next generation will see themselves in a very different light to their predecessors. New forms of identity are emerging, founded more upon shared cultural preferences and aspirations, than on the remnants of tribal allegiance. Whi.
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B0DB5D98-4439-4C98-AF4D-D218DC65DABE
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Title
Tearing up the Silk Road : A Modern Journey from China to Istanbul, Through Central Asia, Iran and the Caucasus.