The Captive and the Gift : : Cultural Histories of Sovereignty in Russia and the Caucasus /

The Captive and the Gift : : Cultural Histories of Sovereignty in Russia and the Caucasus / / Bruce Grant.

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The Caucasus region of Eurasia, wedged in between the Black and Caspian Seas, encompasses the modern territories of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, as well as the troubled republic of Chechnya in southern Russia. A site of invasion, conquest, and resistance since the onset of historical record, it...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Grant, Bruce,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2016
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Culture and Society after Socialism
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.) :; 1 map, 9 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Promethean Beginnings
  • 2. Histories of Encounter, Raidings, and Trade
  • 3. Noble Giving, Noble Taking
  • 4. Rites of Encounter
  • 5. Captive Russians
  • 6. Caucasian Refl ections
  • 7. From Prometheus to the Present
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index

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