Turkestan and the Fate of the Russian Empire.

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 civi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brower, Daniel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Colección:Central Asian studies.
Temas:
Colonization
Asia, Central > History.
Russia > Colonization > Asia, Central.
Asia, Central > Annexation to Russia.
Asie centrale > Histoire.
Central Asia
Russia
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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.

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