A woman's empire : Russian women and imperial expansion in Asia /

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"A Woman's Empire explores a new dimension of Russian imperialism: women actively engaged in the process of late imperial expansion. The book investigates how women writers, travellers, and scientists who journeyed to and beyond Central Asia participated in Russia's "civilizing&q...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hokanson, Katya (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2023.
Temas:
1800-1917
Women > Russia > History > 19th century.
Women > Travel > Asia, Central > History > 19th century.
Russians > Travel > Asia, Central > History > 19th century.
Imperialism and science > Russia > History > 19th century.
Femmes > Russie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes > Voyages > Asie centrale > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Russes > Voyages > Asie centrale > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Impérialisme et sciences > Russie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Union
Civilization
Colonization
Imperialism and science
Russians > Travel
Territorial expansion
Women
Women > Travel
Russia > Civilization > 1801-1917.
Russia > Territorial expansion > History > 19th century.
Asia, Central > Colonization > History > 19th century.
Russie > Civilisation > 1801-1917.
Asie centrale > Colonisation > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Central Asia
Russia
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part One: Women and Empire: Imperial Domesticity and its Discontents. Reinforcing the State at the Imperial Periphery: The Governor-General's Wife
  • Turkestan through Russian Eyes: Elena Apreleva's Central Asian Sketches
  • Part Two: Theosophy, Hunting and Constructing the Nation in the Shadow of the Great Game
  • Propagandist of Russian Imperialism: Madame Blavatsky in India
  • Hunting, Photography and National Rivalry: In the Pamirs
  • Part Three: Science in the Name of the Nation: Women Scientists, Archaeologists and Ethnographers
  • In Pursuit of Imperial Knowledge: Ol'ga Fedchenko, Aleksandra Potanina, Praskovia Uvarova and Anna Rossikova.

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