Walter Richmond

The Northwest Caucasus

Past, present, future

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a comprehensive history of the Northwest Caucasus. It examines interethnic relations and demographic changes that have occurred, shedding new light on how the policies of the Ottoman Empire, Crimean Khanate, and Russia have affected the peoples living in the region and their current socio-political situation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 163mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780415776158
• ISBN-10: 0415776155
• Artikelnr.: 23801221

Autorenporträt

Walter Richmond is Assistant Professor of Russian studies at Occidental College, Los Angeles, US. His research interests include Islamic movements in the former Soviet Union, ethnopolitics in the North Caucasus and the politics of oil in the Caspian Basin.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Origins 2. Culture 3. Struggles for Independence, 1300-1760
4. The Caucasus War 5. Incorporation into Imperial Russia 6. The Soviet
Period 7. The Rise of Nationalism 8. The Northwest Caucasus in the
Twenty-First Century. Conclusions: Possible Futures