Tearing up the Silk Road [[electronic resource] ] : a modern journey from China to Istanbul, through Central Asia, Iran and the Caucasus / / Tom Coote

• Autore: Coote Tom
• Pubblicazione: Reading, U.K., : Garnet Pub., 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 915.1304
• Soggetto geografico: Silk Road Description and travel; Asia Description and travel
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. While ru
• Titolo autorizzato: Tearing up the Silk Road
• ISBN: 1-85964-302-7; 1-283-52891-6; 9786613841360; 1-85964-301-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462253703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II