Chapter 1 Zaynab and Aman: Love and Women's Liberation on a Soviet Uzbek Collective Farm in The 1930s, A story Poem by Hamid Alimjan, C. David Montgomery; Chapter 2 Uighur Literature: The Antecedents, Eden Naby; Chapter 3 A Late Piece of Nazira or a Symbol Making its Way Through Early Uzbek Poetry, Ingeborg Baldauf; Chapter 4 Religious Themes in the Novels of Chingiz Aitmatov, Irena Jeziorska; Chapter 5 Script Changes in Xinjiang, Ildikó Bellér-Hann; Chapter 6 Census and Sociology: Evaluating the Language Situation in Soviet Central Asia, Simon Crisp; Chapter 7 Russian Language Teaching Policy in Soviet Central Asia 1958–86, J. M. Kirkwood; Chapter 8 Ritualism of Family Life in Soviet Central Asia: The Sunnat (Circumcision), Ewa A. Chylinski; Chapter 9 Professional Beliefs and Rituals Among Craftsmen in Central Asia: Genetic and Functional Interpretation, Z. Jasiewicz; Chapter 10 Women and Power: A Perspective on Marriage Among Durrani Pashtuns of Afghan Turkistan, Nancy Tapper; Chapter 11 Golden Tent–Pegs: Settlement and Change Among Nomads in Afghan Turkistan, Richard Tapper; Chapter 12 Ethnic Games in Xinjiang: Anthropological Approaches, C. M. Hann; Chapter 13 Continuity and Modernity in the Costume of the Muslims of Central Asia, Jennifer M. Scarce; Chapter 14 Musical Change in Herat During the Twentieth Century, John Baily; Chapter 15 Tradition and Change in Central Asian Architecture Today, F. Ashrafi; Chapter 16 The Baha'i Community of Ashkhabad; Its Social Basis and Importance in Baha'i History, M. Momen; Chapter 17 Islam in China: Western Studies, Jacques Waardenburg; Chapter 18 Change and Tradition in Eighteenth-Century Kazakhstan: The Dynastic Factor, Alan Bodger; Chapter 19 The Role of the Hui Muslims (Tungans) in Republican Sinkiang, Andrew D. W. Forbes;