The captive and the gift : cultural histories of sovereignty in Russia and the Caucasus /
In this work the anthropologist Bruce Grant explores the long relationship between Russia and the Caucasus and the means by which sovereignty has been exercised in this contested area.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Ruso |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2009.
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Colección: | Culture and society after socialism.
Cornell paperbacks. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Promethean beginnings
- Histories of encounter, raidings, and trade
- Noble giving, noble taking
- Rites of encounter : brides, brigands, and fire bringers
- Captive Russians
- Caucasian reflections
- From Prometheus to the present.