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Dagestan : Russian hegemony and Islamic resistance in the North Caucasus / by Robert Bruce Ware and Enver Kisriev.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ware, Robert Bruce, author.
- Kisriev, Ė. F., author.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam--Russia (Federation)--Dagestan.
- Islam.
- Islam--Russia (Federation)--Caucasus, Northern.
- Muslims--Russia (Federation)--Dagestan.
- Muslims.
- Dagestan (Russia)--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
- Dagestan (Russia).
- Dagestan (Russia)--Relations--Russia.
- Caucasus, Northern (Russia)--Relations--Russia.
- Caucasus, Northern (Russia).
- Russia--Relations--Russia (Federation)--Dagestan.
- Russia.
- Russia--Relations--Russia (Federation)--Caucasus, Northern.
- Dagestan (Russia)--History.
- Caucasus, Northern (Russia)--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 251 pages) : maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Caucasian republic of Dagestan, on Russia's southern frontier, has become contested territory in a hegemonic competition between Moscow and resurgent Islam. In this authoritative book the leading experts on Dagestan provide a pathbreaking study of this volatile region far from the world's gaze.
- Contents:
- cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Detailed Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Where Mountains Rise; 2. Murids and Tsars: Islamic Ideology as an Antidote to Russian Colonialism; 3. Soviet Rule in the North Caucasus: Betrayal of Islam and Construction of Ethnicity; 4. Democratic Dagestan: Ethnic Accommodation in the Constitutional Djamaat; 5. The Islamic Factor: Revival and Radicalism; 6. Conflict and Catharsis: Why Dagestanis Fought to Remain in Russia; 7. Russian Recentralization and Islamic Resistance: Stepping on the Same Rake; 8. Conclusion: A Gathering Darkness
- Appendix: Miskindji Village ProtestsNotes; Index; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612554773
- 9781317473442
- 1317473442
- 9781315705309
- 1315705303
- 9781317473459
- 1317473450
- 9781282554771
- 1282554778
- 9780765623980
- 0765623986
- OCLC:
- 611090189
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