Russia's Orient Imperial Borderlands and Peoples, 1700-1917

Name: Russia's Orient Imperial Borderlands and Peoples, 1700-1917
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ISBN: 9780253211132

ISBN-10: 0253211131

ISBN-13: 9780253211132

Edition: 1997

Authors: Daniel R. Brower, Edward J. Lazzerini

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"... the first study of the Russian Empire in English which attempts in a sophisticated way, using the latest developments in colonial studies, to deal not only with imperial rule but with the mutual encounter with the non-Russian peoples.... a new paradigm for looking at the imperial history of tsarist Russia." -- Ronald Grigor Suny"... ambitious, wide-ranging, and ultimately provocative... " -- Slavic Review"This excellent volume draws on the expertise of both young and established specialists... the volume is a pleasure to read." -- American Historical Review"... a major step toward 'discovering Russian Asia'... a job well done." -- The Russian ReviewRussia's Orient investigates the…

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List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 6/22/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Preface


Introduction


Note on Transliteration and Terminology



Empire and Orient



"Ignoble Savages and Unfaithful Subjects": Constructing Non-Christian Identities in Early Modern Russia




Naturalists versus Nations: Eighteenth-Century Russian Scholars Confront Ethnic Diversity




Empire and Citizenship




Nineteenth-Century Russian Mythologies of Caucasian Savagery




From Savagery to Citizenship: Caucasian Mountaineers and Muslims in the Russian Empire




Islam and Ethnicity: Russian Colonial Policy in Turkestan




Russian Orientalism at an Impasse: Tsarist Education Policy and the 1910 Conference on Islam




Frontier Encounters



Local Accommodation and Resistance to Colonialism in Nineteenth-Century Crimea




Representations of Russia in Central Asian Jadid Discourse




Historical Memory, Cultural Identity, and Change: Mirza 'Abd al-'Aziz Sami's Representation of the Russian Conquest of Bukhara




Crossing Boundaries: The Trading Frontiers of the Terek Cossacks




Barimta: Nomadic Custom, Imperial Crime




Constructing an Islamic Identity: The Case of Elyshevo Village in the Nineteenth Century




Empire and Savagery: The Politics of Primitivism in Late Imperial Russia



Conclusion


Bibliography


Contributors


Index