The Russian Conquest of Central Asia: A Study in Imperial Expansion, 1814-1914 1107030307, 9781107030305

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The Russian Conquest of Central Asia: A Study in Imperial Expansion, 1814-1914
1107030307, 9781107030305

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Table of contents :
Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Note on Translation, Transliteration and Dates
List of Abbreviations
Glossary
Map
Introduction
1 Russia’s Steppe Frontier and the Napoleonic Generation
2 ‘Pray for the Camels’: The Winter Invasion of Khiva, 1839–41
3 ‘This Particularly Painful Place’: The Failure of the Syr-Darya Line as a Frontier, 1841–63
4 From Ayaguz to Almaty: The Conquest and Settlement of Semirechie, 1843–82
5 The Search for a ‘Natural’ Frontier and the Fall of Tashkent, 1863–5
6 War with Bukhara 1866–8
7 The Fall of Khiva 1872–3
8 ‘Those Who Should Be Spared’: The Conquest of Ferghana 1875–6
9 ‘The Harder You Hit Them, the Longer They Will Be Quiet Afterwards’: The Conquest of Transcaspia, 1869–85
10 Aryanism on the Final Frontier of the Russian Empire: The Exploration and Annexation of the Pamirs, 1881–1905
Epilogue: After the Conquest
Sources and Bibliography
Index

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