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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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Grant, Bruce, 1964- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Ruso
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.