Massell, Gregory J.,  1925- <br/><br/>
The surrogate proletariat :  Moslem women and revolutionary strategies in Soviet Central Asia, 1919-1929 / 
Gregory J. Massell. 
 - Princeton, New Jersey :  Princeton University Press,  (c)1974. 
 - 1 online resource (492 pages) :  illustrations, maps. 
 - Princeton Legacy Library .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Abbreviations; Contents ; The Concerns of This Book ; The Structure of this Study ; Map; Part 1. Revolution and Tradition: The Initial Confrontation; Problems of Access and Influence: The Relevance of Leninism; Part 2. Justification for Action: The Potential Use of Women in Revolutionary Transformation; Part 3. Early Soviet Actions, 1924-1927 ; Part 4. Responses and Outcomes, 1925-1929 ; Patterns of Popular Response: Females ; The criterion of voluntarism ; Index. 
<br/><br/> The attempted modernization of Central Asia by the central Soviet government in the 1920's was a dramatic confrontation between radical, determined, authoritarian communists and a cluster of traditional Moslem societies based on kinship, custom, and religion. The Soviet authorities were determined to undermine the traditional social order through the destruction of existing family structures and worked to achieve this aspect of revolution through the mobilization of women. Gregory J. Massell's study of the interaction between central power and local traditions concentrates on the developmen. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400870295 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Muslim women.<br/>Women--Asia, Central.<br/>Communism and Islam.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1774  / .S877 1974