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The Tsar's abolitionists : the slave trade in the Caucasus and its suppression /

This book presents a well-documented and important analysis of slavery and slave trade in the Caucasus within the fascinating contexts of Russian empire-building and emerging imperial identity of the Russian state as well as of the local political strategies of Caucasian political actors. The author...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Kurtynova-D'Herlugnan, Liubov
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Collection:Eurasian studies library ; v. 2.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction; Chapter One. The Caucasus: Geography and People; Chapter Two. Christians in Heterodox Captivity: The Historical Roots of Russian Abolitionismin the Caucasus; Chapter Three. The Southern Caucasus; Chapter four. The Northern Caucasus; Conclusion. Explaining an Unlikely Abolitionism; Bibliography; Index.