Russian orientalism Asia in the Russian mind from Peter the Great to the emigration

Russian orientalism : Asia in the Russian mind from Peter the Great to the emigration / David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye.

Author/creator	Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, David
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	New Haven : Yale University Press,
Description	xii, 298 p. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Orientalism--Russia --History. Public opinion--Russia --History. Asia--Study and teaching --Russia. Russia--Intellectual life --18th century. Russia--Intellectual life --1801-1917. Asia--Foreign public opinion, Russian. Russia--Relations --Asia. Asia--Relations --Russia.

Contents	Introduction: What is Russian orientalism? -- The forest and the steppe -- The Petrine dawn -- Catherinian chinoiserie -- The oriental muse -- The Kazan school -- Missionary orientology -- The rise of the St. Petersburg school -- The oriental faculty -- The exotic self -- Conclusion: Asia in the Russian mind.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2009033262
ISBN	9780300110630 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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