Heretics and colonizers forging Russia's empire in the south Caucasus

Heretics and colonizers : forging Russia's empire in the south Caucasus / Nicholas B. Breyfogle.

Author/creator	Breyfogle, Nicholas B., 1968-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Ithaca : Cornell University Press,
Description	xvii, 347 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Land settlement--Caucasus, South. Dissenters, Religious--Caucasus, South. Caucasus, South--History --19th century. Caucasus, South--Ethnic relations.

Contents	Toleration through isolation : the edict of 1830 and the origins of Russian colonization in Transcaucasia -- To a land of promise : sectarians and the resettlement experience -- "In the bosom of an alien climate" : ecology, economy and colonization -- Heretics into colonizers : changing roles and transforming identities on the imperial periphery -- Frontier encounters : conflict and coexistence between colonists and south Caucasians -- From colonial settlers to pacifist insurgents : the origins of the Dukhobor movement, 1887-1895 -- Peasant pacifism and imperial insecurities : the burning of weapons, 1895-1899 -- The end of an era and its meanings.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-338) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2004019431
ISBN	0801442427 (cloth : alk. paper)

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