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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462408503321

Autore

Brower Daniel R.

Titolo

Turkestan and the fate of the Russian Empire / / Daniel Brower

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-14501-6

1-283-84416-8

1-135-14493-1

0-203-60521-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

Central Asian Studies

Disciplina

958.408

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Asia, Central History

Russia Colonization Asia, Central

Asia, Central Annexation to Russia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-207) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



Turkestan the principles that informed Alexander II's reform policies. This civilizing mission sought to lay the foundations for a rejuvenated, 'modern' empire, unified by imperial citizenship, patriotism, and a shared secular culture. Evidence for Brower's thesis is drawn from major archives in Uzbekistan and Russia. Use of these records permitted him to develop the first interpret