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Record Nr.

UNINA9910168752903321

Autore

Sabol Steven

Titolo

"The Touch of Civilization" : Comparing American and Russian Internal Colonization / / Steve Sabol

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colorado : , : University Press of Colorado, , [2016]

©[2016]

ISBN

1-60732-725-2

1-60732-698-1

1-60732-550-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

909

Soggetti

Kazakhs - History

Dakota Indians - History

Collective memory - United States

Collective memory - Russia

Imperialism - History

Comparative civilization

Electronic books.

Russia Territorial expansion

United States Territorial expansion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Sioux and the Kazakhs -- Pre-nineteenth-century expansion -- Conquest and martial resistance -- Through the colonial looking-glass -- Internal colonization -- Assimilation and identity.

Sommario/riassunto

"A critical, comparative examination of internal colonization exercised by the United States and Russia and experienced by two indigenous populations, the Sioux and the Kazakhs, to negate the tendency to isolate the study of American history, to overemphasize the uniqueness of the American development and to exalt national pride"--Provided by publisher.