Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
ONE. Travels in “Kyrzakhstan”
TWO. Sacred Mountain and Silly Borders
THREE. How Do You Say “Rump Roast”?
FOUR. Kasha, Honor, Dignity, and Revolution
FIVE. On and Off the Silk Road
SIX. To Be a Kazakh Is to Be “Brave and Free”
SEVEN. Father of Apples
EIGHT. The President’s Dream City
NINE. Coal and Steel
TEN. No Polygon, No Problem
ELEVEN. Wheat and Oil
TWELVE. The Seven Lessons from Stanland
Notes
Glossary and Acronyms
Acknowledgments
Index
