Russia's protectorates in Central Asia : Bukhara and Khiva, 1865-1924 / / Seymour Becker

• Autore: Becker Seymour
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (370 p.)
• Disciplina: 958.708
• Soggetto geografico: Bukhoro (Uzbekistan) Politics and government; Khiva (Uzbekistan) Politics and government; Russia Territorial expansion
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-344) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Introduction; Supplementary Bibliography; Part One /The Russian Conquest; Part Two /The Period of Neglect; Part Three /The Russian Presence; Part Four /Revolution; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Abbreviations Used in Bibliography and Notes; Bibliography; Notes; Russian Research Center Studies; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the Russian conquest of the ancient Central Asian khanates of Bukhara and Khiva in the 1860s and 1870s, and the relationship between Russia and the territories until their extinction as political entities in 1924. It shows how Russia's approach developed from one of non-intervention, with the primary aim of preventing British expansion from India into the region, to one of increasing intervention as trade and Russian settlement grew. It goes on to discuss the role of Bukhara and Khiva in the First World War and the Russian Revolution, and how the region was fundamentally cha
• Titolo autorizzato: Russia's protectorates in Central Asia
• ISBN: 1-134-33582-2; 1-134-33583-0; 1-280-17515-X; 0-203-39083-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825300303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Russian Research Center studies ; ; 54.; Central Asian studies series ; ; 5.