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Informationen zum Autor FELIX PATRIKEEFF is Lecturer in the Department of Politics at Adelaide University. He has written extensively on Russian and East Asian themes and his publications include a study of Hong Kong Mouldering Pearl and Crisis and Conflict in Asia . Klappentext This work explores Russian life in Northern Manchuria during the period of political, economic and social upheaval, leading to its eventual de facto control by Japan, and disruption of the balance of power in the Northeast Asian Region. Presenting a fresh interpretation of the combined impact of the 1929 Sino-Soviet Conflict and the onset of the Great Depression, the book examines the interplay of Soviet and emigré Russian interests in Manchuria, and their role in generating the instability that led to Japanese intervention and Russian decline. Zusammenfassung This work explores Russian life in Northern Manchuria during the period of political, economic and social upheaval, leading to its eventual de facto control by Japan, and disruption of the balance of power in the Northeast Asian Region. Presenting a fresh interpretation of the combined impact of the 1929 Sino-Soviet Conflict and the onset of the Great Depression, the book examines the interplay of Soviet and emigré Russian interests in Manchuria, and their role in generating the instability that led to Japanese intervention and Russian decline. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Maps Introduction A Note on Transliteration The Birth of Politics in Exile: Russian Settlement in Northern Manchuria and the Question of Imperialism The Soviet Union, Northern Manchuria and the Civil War: Aspects of Interplay and Separation Liberation and Exile: The Paradox of Russians in Manchuria and China Politics on the Ground An Economy on the Brink The 1929 Crisis Decline into Oblivion, 1930-1931 Manchuria and the Geopolitics of Myth Appendix Select Bibliography Index
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Acknowledgements List of Maps Introduction A Note on Transliteration The Birth of Politics in Exile: Russian Settlement in Northern Manchuria and the Question of Imperialism The Soviet Union, Northern Manchuria and the Civil War: Aspects of Interplay and Separation Liberation and Exile: The Paradox of Russians in Manchuria and China Politics on the Ground An Economy on the Brink The 1929 Crisis Decline into Oblivion, 1930-1931 Manchuria and the Geopolitics of Myth Appendix Select Bibliography Index
