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  Silk Mirage is a compelling portrait of Uzbekistan, a country at the heart of the ancient Silk Road and now the centre of a power struggle between reformers and reactionaries for the soul of this strategic land in Central Asia.
  
  In 2016, the long-ruling dictator Islam Karimov – one of the last Soviet-era strongmen – died, sparking a period of transformation under his successor, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, which became known as the ‘Uzbek Spring’. But, as investigative journalist Joanna Lillis shows, spring has struggled to break through in one of the world’s most repressive and totalitarian states. As one of the few western journalists with access to Uzbekistan and with over two decades of experience covering the country, Lillis travels deep into the heart of the Karimov regime, portraying all the excesses and atrocities that made it such a brutal dictatorship. She also penetrates the system that replaced it, exploring how life has changed for Uzbeks under Mirziyoyev’s rule – and how it has not. A tale of both reform and repression, this book illustrates the challenges of dragging a country out of dictatorship.
  
  Lillis explores Uzbekistan’s politics, economics, history, arts and culture – and asks where the country stands nearly a decade after the death of its dictator, and 600 years since its ancient capital Samarkand was the centre of the world’s trade network. Lillis weaves in the extraordinary stories of ordinary people: from politicians to former political prisoners, from journalists to human rights crusaders, from entrepreneurs to environmentalists, from artists to architects, from silk makers to carpet weavers.
  
  Conjuring up Uzbekistan as a place full of life and loss, Silk Mirage tells the stories of courageous people who probe to find the cracks in an authoritarian regime through which the light gets in.

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  • Kustantaja / Valmistaja Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • ISBN 9781350292468
  • Tuotekoodi 9781350292468
  • Alanimike Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan
  • Kirjoittajat Joanna Lillis
  • Kieli Englanti
  • Thema-luokitus Poliittiset ideologiat; Poliittiset johtajat ja johtajuus; Poliittiset rakenteet: totalitarismi ja diktatuuri; Poliittinen valvonta ja poliittiset vapaudet
  • Ilmestymispäivä 13.11.2025
  • Vuosi 2025
  • Tuoteryhmä Ulk talous, yhteiskunta
  • Tuotepääryhmä Ulkomaiset tietokirjat
  • Tuotelinja Kirjat
  • Sivumäärä 328
  • Pituus (mm) 222
  • Leveys (mm) 148
  • Korkeus (mm) 36
  • Paino (g) 534
  • Tuotemuoto Kovakantinen
  • Tuoteturvallisuusyhteystiedot Christina Gladhill, 717-794-3827, privacy@globepequot.com
  • ALV 13,5%

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