Russia's Steppe Frontier - The Making of a Colonial Empire, 1500-1800

Informationen zum Autor Michael Khodarkovsky is Associate Professor of History at Loyola University of Chicago. He is author of Where Two Worlds Met: The Russian State and the Kalmyk Nomads, 1600-1771 and co-editor (with Robert Geraci) of Of Religion and Empire: Missions, Conversion, and Tolerance in the Russian Empire. Klappentext Michael Khodarkovsky is Associate Professor of History at Loyola University of Chicago. He is author of Where Two Worlds Met: The Russian State and the Kalmyk Nomads, 1600-1771 and co-editor (with Robert Geraci) of Of Religion and Empire: Missions, Conversion, and Tolerance in the Russian Empire. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive history of the transformation of Russia's southern steppes from border territories to Empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Sociology of the Frontier, or Why Peace Was Impossible 2. Frontier Concepts and Policies in Muscovy 3. Taming the "Wild Steppe," 1480-1600s 4. From Steppe Frontier to Imperial Borderlands, 1600-1800 5. Concepts and Policies in the Imperial Borderlands, 1690s-1800 Conclusion Glossary List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Michael Khodarkovsky
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.11.2004
• EAN: 9780253217707
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21770-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 237 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies; Indiana-Michigan Series in Rus; Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies; Indiana-Michigan Series in Rus; Indiana-Michigan Russian and E; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)