Re: Central Asia

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In article <44dn4n$78k@inferno.mpx.com.au>,
Iain Walker <ngazidja@jolt.mpx.com.au> wrote:
>I'm looking for any references anyone can supply regarding the mountain
>peoples of the Tien Shan and Pamir regions of central Asia. That is,
>western Sinkiang, Tadjikistan, Kyrgyzia and maybe areas a little further
>south (but not Hindu Kush, Kashmir, Tibet, etc.

Stanford U. has a small academic group run by A. Dien in this region.
I used to think this was sleepy subject compared to the more dynamic
Societ and Chinese studies. But this region re-entered the world
stage both culturally and economically after the breakup of the Soviet
empire and probably again when the Chinese empire distinigrates too.

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