Edward A. Allworth

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Edward A. Allworth is an American historian who is Emeritus Professor of Turco-Soviet Studies at Columbia University.

Life

Allworth was formerly the director of the Center for the Study of Central Asia as well as director of the Program on Soviet Nationality Problems. He has published numerous books on the history of Central Asia.

Works

Some of his contributions to the history, people and cultures of Central Asia:
*"The nationality question in Soviet Central Asia", (editor) Praeger Publishers, 1973.
*"The modern Uzbeks from the fourteenth century to the present : a cultural history", Hoover Press, 1990.
*"Central Asia, 130 years of Russian dominance: A historical overview", (3 edition), Duke University Press, 1994
*"Muslim Communities Reemerge: Historical Perspectives on Nationality, Politics, and Opposition in the Former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia" (co-editor), Duke University Press, 1994.
*"The Tatars of Crimea: Return to the Homeland", Duke University Press, 1997.