Russian colonial society in Tashkent : 1865-1923

Russian colonial society in Tashkent : 1865-1923 /

This intensively researched urban study dissects Russian Imperial and early Soviet rule and colonial society in Islamic Central Asia from the viewpoints of tsarist functionaries, soviet bureaucrats, Russian workers, lower-class women as well as Muslim notables and Central Asian traders.

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Main Author: Sahadeo, Jeff, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2007
Subjects:
Imperialism.
Tashkent (Uzbekistan) > History > 19th century.
Tashkent (Uzbekistan) > History > 20th century.
Uzbekistan > Foreign relations > Russia.
Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations > Uzbekistan.
Russia (Federation) > Territorial expansion.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Prologue: Tashkent before the Russians and the dynamics of conquest
  • Ceremonies, construction, and commemoration
  • Educated society, identity, and nationality
  • Unstable boundaries: the colonial relationship and the 1892 "Cholera riot"
  • Migration, class, and colonialism
  • The predicaments of "progress," 1905-1914
  • War, empire, and society, 1914-1916
  • Exploiters or exploited? Russian workers and colonial rule, 1917-1918
  • "Under a Soviet roof": city, country, and center, 1918-1923.

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