Orientalism and empire : North Caucasus mountain peoples and the Georgian Frontier, 1845-1917
Presents the complex and troubled history of Russia's relationship with the mountain peoples of the North Caucasus. This book discusses religion, ethnicity, archaeology, transcription of languages, customary law, and the fate of Shamil to illustrate the work of empire-builders and the emerging imperial imagination.
Print Book, English, 2003
McGill-Queen's University Press, Montréal, 2003
History
288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780773523296, 0773523294
1004615346
Originally published: 2002