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The Russian Far East: A History

Door John J. Stephan

Categorie
Geschiedenis Rusland
Boeknummer
#407625-XS23
Titel
The Russian Far East: A History
Auteur
Stephan, John J.
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Stanford : Stanford University Press
Jaar van uitgave
1994
ISBN10
0804723117
ISBN13
9780804723114
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original grey cloth, dust jacket, illustrated with photographs in b/w, small maps, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Drawing from political, diplomatic, economic, geographical, social, and cultural evidence, the book reveals that this vast, rugged, and supposedly insular land has harbored vibrantly cosmopolitan lifestyles. For over a millennium, Chinese culture found expression in Tungus, Mongol, and Korean politics. Russian penetration in the seventeenth century eventually turned the region into a colony sustained by state subsidies, foreign enterprise, and a mosaic of Ukrainian, Estonian, Finnish, German, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese communities. Tsarist and Soviet penal policies contributed to the diversity and volatility of Far Eastern society. Regional aspirations articulated by Siberian intellectuals, disingenuously institutionalized in a Far Eastern Republic (1920-22), survived lethal bouts of ec... (Lees verder)onomic and demographic engineering to come to life again in the post-Soviet era.
Pagina's
481
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 20,00

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