Awards

• Winner of Winner, Central Eurasian Studies Society Prize for Best Book in History and Humanities.

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Author:   Jeff Sahadeo ,  Jeff Sahadeo
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780253222794

ISBN 10:   0253222796
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   22 June 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction Prologue: Tashkent before the Russians and the Dynamics of Conquest 1. Ceremonies, Construction, and Commemoration 2. Educated Society, Identity, and Nationality 3. Unstable Boundaries: The Colonial Relationship and the 1892 ""Cholera Riot"" 4. Migration, Class, and Colonialism 5. The Predicaments of ""Progress,"" 1905–1914 6. War, Empire, and Society, 1914–1916 7. Exploiters or Exploited? Russian Workers and Colonial Rule, 1917–1918 8. ""Under a Soviet Roof"": City, Country, and Center, 1918–1923 Conclusion Glossary Notes Bibliography Index"

Reviews

A powerful picture of the cultural impact of empire on Russia's periphery... Highly recommended. Choice Gives the reader an intriguing portrait of the city during some of its key historical moments. Transitions Online A very rich, very intelligent study. Journal of Modern History A welcome and important contribution to historical scholarship... Sahadeo's book illuminates issues of identity and rule that remain relevant today. Far Eastern Economic Review This excellent book ... provide[s] a vivid picture of a new, brash but insecure colonial capital existing alongside and often in conflict with an ancient Muslim culture. Steppe

A powerful picture of the cultural impact of empire on Russia's periphery... Highly recommended. -Choice Gives the reader an intriguing portrait of the city during some of its key historical moments. -Transitions Online A very rich, very intelligent study. -Journal of Modern History A welcome and important contribution to historical scholarship... Sahadeo's book illuminates issues of identity and rule that remain relevant today. -Far Eastern Economic Review This excellent book... provide[s] a vivid picture of a new, brash but insecure colonial capital existing alongside and often in conflict with an ancient Muslim culture. -Steppe [T]his book deserves a broad readership, both of Russianists and of 'imperialists' specializing in various national histories. -Kritika, 10, 4 (Fall 2009) Sahadeo gives a vivid and reliable account of European-'Sart' interaction in colonial Tashkent... a groundbreaking study in this field. -Central Asian Survey, Vol. 29, No. 1, March 2010 Russian Colonial Society in Tashkent is an excellent book, rich in detail and anecdote from archival sources, local newspapers, memoirs and other publications... Sahadeo's book is likely to be a standard work on the colonial period for many years to come. -Slavonic and East European Review, Vol. 88.4, October 2010

Author Information

Jeff Sahadeo is Associate Professor of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies and Political Science at Carleton University in Ottawa. He is editor (with Russell Zanca) of Everyday Life in Central Asia (IUP, 2007).

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