Turkestan and the fate of the Russian Empire / / Daniel Brower
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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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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 958.408 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Asia, Central History |
| Russia Colonization Asia, Central | |
| Asia, Central Annexation to Russia | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Turkestan and the fate of the Russian Empire |
| ISBN: | 1-135-14501-6 |
| 1-283-84416-8 | |
| 1-135-14493-1 | |
| 0-203-60521-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462408503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Central Asian Studies