Daniel Brower

Turkestan and the Fate of the Russian Empire

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The central argument of this book is that the half-century of Russian rule in Central Asia was shaped by traditions of authoritarian rule.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 281g
• ISBN-13: 9780415558891
• ISBN-10: 0415558891
• Artikelnr.: 42195306

Autorenporträt

Daniel Brower ia a Professor of History at the University of California - Davis. His research has centred on the social and political history of the Russian Empire.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Maps Illustrations Part I: Russian Turkestan and the Revolt of 1916
1. Judgments on a Flawed Imperial Undertaking 2. Visions of Imperial
Integration 3. Colonial Uniqueness and Authoritarian Rule Part II:
Constructing Russia's New Colony 1. Creating Colonial Turkestan 2.
Kaufman's Colonial Plans 3. Colonial Knowledge of Turkestan Part III: The
Colony in the Empire 1. Civil Order and the Statute of 1886 2. Language
Politics and Cultural Missionaries 3. Colonial Profits and Productivity
Part IV: Islam in Russian Turkestan 1. Colonial Conflict and Islam 2.
Turkestan in a New Civilization 3. Resurgent Popular Islam Part V: The
Making of a Settler Colony 1. Plans for Settler-Soldiers 2. Pioneers and
Nomads 3. Colonization and the Empire Part VI: Turkestan and the Fall of
the Russian Empire 1. War and Colonial Crisis 2. Colonial Collapse
Epilogue: The Colonial Dilemma Resolved Select Bibliography Index