Geographies of power in Nazarbayev's Astana

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 515-533

  Anacker, Shonin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; MIGRATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY; NATIONALISM; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; ASTANA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; WEST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 11144349634     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.45.7.515     Document Type: Article

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