Iranian-Russian encounters empires and revolutions since 1800 / edited by Stephanie Cronin.
Over the past two hundred years, encounters between Iran and Russia have been both rich and complex. This book explores the myriad dimensions of the Iranian-Russian encounter during a dramatic period which saw both Iran and Russia subject to revolutionary upheavals and transformed from multinational...
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| Language: | English |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. :
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2013.
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| Summary: | Over the past two hundred years, encounters between Iran and Russia have been both rich and complex. This book explores the myriad dimensions of the Iranian-Russian encounter during a dramatic period which saw both Iran and Russia subject to revolutionary upheavals and transformed from multinational dynastic empires typical of the nineteenth century to modernizing, authoritarian states typical of the twentieth. The collection provides a fresh perspective on traditional preoccupations of international relations: wars and diplomacy, the hostility of opposing nationalisms, the Russian imperial menace in the nineteenth century and the Soviet threat in the twentieth. Going beyond the traditional, this book examines subaltern as well as elite relations and combines a cultural, social and intellectual dimension with the political and diplomatic. In doing so the book seeks to construct a new discourse which contests the notion of an implacable enmity between Iran and Russia. Bringing together leading scholars in the field, this book demonstrates extensive use of family archives, Iranian, Russian and Caucasian travelogues and memoirs, and newly available archives in both Iran and the countries of the former Soviet Union. Providing essential background to current international tensions, this book will be of particular use to students and scholars with an interest in the Middle East and Russia. |
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| Item Description: | "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 411 p. :) ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781908980267 1908980265 020308375X 9780203083758 9781136187162 1136187162 9781136187209 1136187200 9781136187216 1136187219 0415624339 9780415624336 1283861062 9781283861069 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record. |