Turkfront : Frunze and the development of Soviet counter-insurgency in Central Asia / Alexander Marshall -- Kokand autonomy, 1917-18 : political background, aims and reasons for failure / Paul Bergne -- Ethno-territorial claims in the Ferghana Valley during the process of national delimitation, 1924-7 / Arslan Koichiev -- Land and water 'reform' in the 1920s : agrarian revolution or social engineering? / Gerard O'Neill -- Nation building in Turkey and Uzbekistan : the use of language and history in the creation of national identity / Andrew Segars -- Nation building and identity in the Kyrgyz Republic / Robert Lowe -- Use of history : the Soviet historiography of Khan Kenesary Kasimov / Henri Fruchet -- Soviet development in Central Asia : the classic colonial syndrome? / Alex Stringer -- Environmental issues in Central Asia : a source of hope or despair? / Lars Jalling -- Instability and identity in the post-Soviet world : Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan / Tom Everett-Heath -- Uzbek Mahalla : between state and society / Elise Massicard, Tommaso Trevisani -- 'Fundamentalism' in Central Asia : reasons, reality and prospects / Petra Steinberger -- Water : the difficult path to a sustainable future for Central Asia / Kai Wegerich