Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Introduction
Chapter 1. Jadid-Inspired Paths to Modernity, 1914–1917
Chapter 2. Partners in Progress: Turkmen Intellectuals in Soviet Space, 1917–1930
Chapter 3. From the ABCs to the ABCs of Communism, 1930–1953
Chapter 4. Speaking Soviet, 1954–1984
Chapter 5. From Happy Socialism to Independence, 1985–1996
Chapter 6. Altyn Asyr Nesli: Nyýazow’s Golden Generation, 1996–2006
Chapter 7. The Era of Might and Happiness, 2007–2014
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index