Uzbekistan; Heirs to the Silk Road with contributions by M. Pavaloi, H. Gaube, G. Kurbanov, K. J. Brandy, H. Halm. T. Leisten, K. Ruhrdanz, J. Kalter, A. von Gladiss, G. Helmecke, M. Zerrnickel, G. Dombrowski, R. Eisener, and J. Stadelbauer
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1997. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 10.875 inches by 12.5 inches. 360 pages. Bibliography. DJ has some wear, tears and soiling. Minor edge soiling. 712 Illustrations, 437 in color. This is a very heavy book and if sent outside of the United States additional shipping costs would be required. Contents have sections on The Old Silk Road, Central Asia in Islamic Times. Turkestan under the Uzbek Khanates, and Uzbekistan. The Preface was by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Among the topics addressed are: Uzbekistan, Silk Road, Turkestan, Central Asia, Islamic, Architecture, Metalwork, Ceramics, Khanates, Bukhara, Khiva, Kokand, Equestrian Culture, Textile, Susanis, Embroideries, Jewelry, Aral Sea. In 1973 Kalter graduated with a Ph.D. and took up a position at the renowned Linden-Museum in Stuttgart in 1974, where he became the head chairman of the department for the Islamic Orient. He was leading this department until his retirement in 2005. During these three decades he not only organized a large number of exhibitions and worked on several collections of the Linden-Museum but also did various research trips, i.e. to Morocco, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia. Dr. Margareta Pavaloi, Dr.phil. (Tubingen) is an ethnologist and since 2000 director of the Ethnographic Museum. More