Russian Conquest of Central Asia - A Study in Imperial Expansion, 1814-1914

Informationen zum Autor Alexander Morrison is Fellow and Tutor in History at New College, Oxford. His publications include Russian Rule in Samarkand 1868–1910: A Comparison with British India (2008). Zusammenfassung Russia's conquest of Central Asia was perhaps the nineteenth century's most dramatic and successful example of European imperial expansion. Alexander Morrison provides a definitive diplomatic and military history, explaining how and why a vast region of steppe, desert, mountain and oasis, mainly populated by Muslims, came under Russian rule. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Russia's steppe frontier and the Napoleonic generation; 2. 'Pray for the camels': the winter invasion of Khiva, 1839-1841; 3. 'This particularly painful place': the failure of the Syr-Darya line as a frontier, 1841-1863; 4. From Ayaguz to Almaty: the conquest and settlement of Semirechie, 1843-1882; 5. The search for a 'natural' frontier and the fall of Tashkent, 1863-1865; 6. War with Bukhara, 1866-1868; 7. The fall of Khiva, 1872-1873; 8. 'Those who should be spared': the conquest of Ferghana, 1875-1876; 9. 'The harder you hit them, the longer they will be quiet afterwards': the conquest of Transcaspia, 1869-1885; 10. Aryanism on the final frontier of the Russian empire: the exploration and annexation of the Pamirs, 1881-1905; Epilogue: after the conquest.

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• Authors: Morrison Alexander Morrison, Alexander Morrison, Alexander (New College Morrison, Morrison Alexander
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781107030305
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03030-5
• No. of pages: 640
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Central Asia, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, Middle Eastern history, Colonialism and imperialism