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UNINA9910462408503321 |
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Autore |
Brower Daniel R. |
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Titolo |
Turkestan and the fate of the Russian Empire / / Daniel Brower |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-14501-6 |
1-283-84416-8 |
1-135-14493-1 |
0-203-60521-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (239 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Asia, Central History |
Russia Colonization Asia, Central |
Asia, Central Annexation to Russia |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-207) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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TURKESTAN AND THE FATE OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Illustrations; 1 Russian Turkestan and the revolt of 1916; Judgments on a flawed imperial undertaking; Visions of imperial integration; Colonial uniqueness and authoritarian rule; 2 Constructing Russia's new colony; Creating colonial Turkestan; Kaufmans colonial plans; Colonial knowledge of Turkestan; 3 The colony in the empire; Civil order and the statute of 1886; Language politics and cultural missionaries; Colonial profits and productivity; 4 Islam in Russian Turkestan; Colonial conflict and Islam |
Turkestan in a ""new civilization""Resurgent popular Islam; 5 The making of a settler colony; Plans for settler-soldiers; Pioneers and nomads; Colonization and the empire; 6 Turkestan and the fall of the Russian empire; War and the colonial crisis; Colonial collapse; 7 Epilogue: the colonial dilemma resolved; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The central argument of this book is that the half-century of Russian rule in Central Asia was shaped by traditions of authoritarian rule, by Russian national interests, and by a civic reform agenda that brought to |
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