Format:
Online-Ressource (239 p)
ISBN:
9780415297448
Series Statement:
Central Asian Studies
Content:
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
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Description based upon print version of record
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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
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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;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781135144937
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415297448
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Turkestan and the Fate of the Russian Empire
Language:
English
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