Imperial boundaries : Cossack communities and empire-building in the age of Peter the Great

Author/Creator:

Boeck, Brian J., 1971-

Publication/Creation:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Imperial boundaries : Cossack communities and empire-building in the age of Peter the Great / Brian J. Boeck

Series Titles:

New studies in European history
New studies in European history.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Cossacks--Russia (Federation)--Don River Region--History
Imperialism--Social aspects--Russia (Federation)--Don River Region--History
Don River Region (Russia)--History--18th century
Russia--History--Peter I, 1689-1725
Russia--Territorial expansion
Russia--Boundaries

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Beyond borders, between worlds : Russian empire and the making of the Don steppe frontier -- People and power on the frontier : liberty, diversity, and de-centralization in the Don region to 1700 -- A middle ground between autonomy and dependence : the raiding economy of the Don steppe frontier to 1700 -- Boundaries of integration or exclusion? : migration, mobility, and state sovereignty on the southern frontier to 1700 -- Testing the boundaries of imperial alliance : cooperation, negotiation and resistance in the era of Razin (1667-1681) -- Between Rus' and Rossiia : realigning the boundaries of Cossack communities in a time of migration and transition (1681-1695) -- The era of raskol : religion and rebellion (1681-1695) -- Incorporation without integration : the Azov interlude (1695-1711) -- From frontier to borderland : the demarcation of the steppe and the delegitimation of raiding (1696-1710) -- Boundaries of land, liberty, and identity : making the Don region legible to imperial officials (1696-1706) -- The Bulavin uprising : the last stand of the old steppe (1706-1709) -- Reshaping the Don in the imperial image : power, privilege, and patronage in the post-Bulavin era (1708-1739) -- Closing the Cossack community : recording and policing the boundaries of group identity (1708-1739) -- A borderline state of mind : the closing of the Don Steppe frontier (1708-1739).

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xi, 255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990025142480302486

ISBN:

0521514630 (hardback)
9780521514637 (hardback)

OCLC Number:

317918763

Barcode:

010002471779