Surrogate Proletariat: Moslem Women and Revolutionary Strategies in Soviet Central Asia, 1919-1929

CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Concerns of This Book; The Structure of This Study; Some Limitations of This Study: Problems of Data and Interpretation; Map; Revolution and Tradition: The Initial Confrontation: Imposing a Structure of Power in Central Asia: The Determinants of Soviet Success; Problems of Access and Influence in a Traditional Milieu: The Quest for Strategic Leverage Points; Justification for Action: The Potential Use of Women in Revolutionary Transformation: Moslem Women as a Surrogate Proletariat: Soviet Perceptions of Female Inferiority; Female Inferiority and Radical Social Change: Soviet Perceptions of the Revolutionary Potential of Women; Early Soviet Actions, 1924-1927: Toward a Strategy of Engineered Revolution; Toward Radical Judicial Reform: The Pattern of Revolutionary Legalism; Toward Cultural Revolution by Decree: The Pattern of Administrative Assault; Responses and Outcome, 1925-1929: Heretical Models and the Management of Induced Tensions; Patterns of Popular Response: Implications of Tension-Inducing Action; Patterns of Institutional Performance: Implications of Tension-Controlling Action; Reassessment and Retrenchment: From Legalism and Assault to Systematic Social Engineering; Summary and Conclusion: Reflections on the Limits of Legalism and Assault as Revolutionary Strategies; Bibliography; Index.