The Volga Tatars: A Profile in National Resilience - Rilegato

Rorlich, Azade-Ayse

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ISBN 10: 0817983910 ISBN 13: 9780817983918

Casa editrice: Hoover Inst Pr, 1986

Riassunto

The Volga Tatars is the first Western-language study that investigates the history of the Volga Tatars since the tenth century A.D. The central theme of the book is the shaping and evolution of the identity of these people, focusing on the history of the first non-Christian and non-Slavic people incorporated into the Russian state.

The author has clearly defined, for the serious student and the general reader alike, a solid frame of reference in which to place the pre-1917 history of one group of Russia's Islamic people. She has carefully analyzed Tatar history and brilliantly illustrated the relevance of their past with regard to modern events and issues.

The book contains an excellent bibliography that draws together a wealth of material hitherto unknown to Western readers and unavailable within any other single source. Rorlich's scholarly and comprehensive study is a welcome addition to the Hoover Institution Press's Studies of Nationalities in the USSR.

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L'autore:

Professor Rorlich has spent many years investigating the history of the Volga Tatars and of the Turkic and Muslim peoples of the Soviet Union. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and is today a member of the Department of History at the University of Southern California.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Hoover Inst Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0817983910
• ISBN 13: 9780817983918
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288