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- English
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Turkestan and the Fate of the Russian Empire
About this book
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 civilizing mission sought to lay the foundations for a rejuvenated, 'modern' empire, unified by imperial citizenship, patriotism, and a shared secular culture. Evidence for Brower's thesis is drawn from major archives in Uzbekistan and Russia. Use of these records permitted him to develop the first interpretation, either in Russian or Western literature, of Russian colonialism in Turkestan that draws on the extensive archival evidence of policy-making, imperial objectives, and relations with subject peoples.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- TURKESTAN AND THE FATE OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Illustrations
- 1 Russian Turkestan and the revolt of 1916
- 2 Constructing Russia’s new colony
- 3 The colony in the empire
- 4 Islam in Russian Turkestan
- 5 The making of a settler colony
- 6 Turkestan and the fall of the Russian empire
- 7 Epilogue: the colonial dilemma resolved
- Notes
- Selected bibliography
- Index