Imperial Visions: Nationalist Imagination and Geographical Expansion in the Russian Far East, 1840 1865
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography Series)
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Until the mid-nineteenth century, the Amur region had been a virtual terra incognita for the Russian public. However, the region's annexation succeeded in stirring the dreams of the country's most outstanding social and political visionaries, who declared it civilization's most important step forward. A decade later, this enthrallment and optimism had evaporated. Mark Bassin examines Russia's perceptions of the new territories, placing the Amur enigma...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0521391741
ISBN13:9780521391740
Release Date:July 1999
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:348 Pages
Weight:1.48 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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