Tsar’s Abolitionists

The Slave Trade in the Caucasus and Its Suppression

AvLiubov Kurtynova-D'Herlugnan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

This book presents a well-documented and important analysis of slavery and slave trade in the Caucasus within the fascinating contexts of Russian empire-building and emerging imperial identity of the Russian state as well as of the local political strategies of Caucasian political actors.The author offers a compelling, multi-layered analysis that is accessible to comparativists since it presents an important comparative case for slavery and its abolition, which helps us understand slavery in the broader contexts of both the ancient and western colonial worlds.The historical detail and use of frequent primary source quotations provide a lively sense of reality to this well-worked regional history with substantial comparative significance.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-05-20
Mått:155 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt:499 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Eurasian Studies Library
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004183445

Utforska kategorier

Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Liubov Kurtynova-D'Herlugnan, Kandidat (1989) in History, Institute of African and Asian Studies, Moscow State University, Ph.D. (1997) in History, State University of New York, Binghamton, specializes in Middle Eastern and Caucasian cultures. She is currently teaching courses on Russian history and modern Turkey at Northwestern University.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionChapter One: the Caucasus, Geography and People•Why was Slave Trade so Important for the Caucasian SocietiesChapter Two: Christians in Heterodox Captivity•The Historical Roots of Russian Abolitionism in the Caucasus•The Two Abolitionisms: The European Enterprise and a Distant Cousin from Russia•Historical Myth and Mythical History: Muscovy and the Caucasus before the 18th Century•The Beginning: First Attempts to Ban Slave TradeChapter Three: The Southern CaucasusChapter Four: The Northern CaucasusConclusion: Explaining an Unlikely AbolitionismBibliographyIndex