Russian colonial society in Tashkent : 1865-1923 / Jeff Sahadeo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sahadeo, Jeff, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism.

Tashkent (Uzbekistan)--History--19th century.

Tashkent (Uzbekistan).

Tashkent (Uzbekistan)--History--20th century.

Uzbekistan--Foreign relations--Russia.

Uzbekistan.

Russia--Foreign relations--Uzbekistan.

Russia.

Russia--Territorial expansion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This intensively researched urban study dissects Russian Imperial and early Soviet rule in Islamic Central Asia from the diverse viewpoints of tsarist functionaries, Soviet bureaucrats, Russian workers, and lower-class women as well as Muslim notables and Central Asian traders. Jeff Sahadeo's stimulating analysis reveals how political, social, cultural, and demographic shifts altered the nature of this colonial community from the tsarist conquest of 1865 to 1923, when Bolshevik authorities subjected th

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285-]-303) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-07905-0

9786612079054

0-253-11669-4

OCLC:

191935956