The Caucasus: A History - Brossura

Forsyth, James

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ISBN 10: 0521694612 ISBN 13: 9780521694612

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Riassunto

A fascinating new survey of the Caucasus which provides a unified narrative history of this complex and turbulent region at the borderlands of Europe, Asia and the Middle East, from prehistory to the present. For thousands of years the Caucasus has formed a hub of intersecting routes of migration, invasion, trade and culture and a geographical bridge between Europe and Asia, subject to recurring imperial invasion. Drawing on sources in English, Russian and translations from Persian and Arabic, this authoritative study centres on the region's indigenous peoples, including Abkhazians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Chechens, Daghestanis, Circassians, and Georgians, and their relations with outsiders who still play a part in the life of the region today. The book presents a critical view of the role of Russian imperialism in the Caucasian countries and the desperate struggle of most of its native peoples in their efforts to establish a precarious independence.

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Descrizione del libro:

This authoritative survey of the Caucasus traces a unified narrative history of this complex and turbulent region at the borderlands of Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Centring on the region's indigenous peoples, the book presents a critical view of the role of Russian imperialism in the Caucasian countries.

L'autore:

James Forsyth is former Reader and Head of the Department of Russian at the University of Aberdeen. His publications include A History of the Peoples of Siberia (Cambridge, 1992).

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0521694612
• ISBN 13: 9780521694612
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile