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A Woman's Empire sheds light on how women's voices, activities, and writings were part of Russia's late imperial expansion into Asia.

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Women and Empire: Imperial Domesticity and Its Discontents 1. Reinforcing the State at the Imperial Periphery: The Governor General’s Wife 2. Turkestan through Russian Eyes: Elena Apreleva’s Central Asian Sketches Part Two: Theosophy, Hunting, and Constructing the Nation in the Shadow of the Great Game 3. Propagandist of Russian Imperialism: Madame Blavatsky in India 4. Hunting, Photography, and National Rivalry: In the Pamirs Part Three: Science in the Name of the Nation: Women Scientists, Archaeologists, and Ethnographers 5. In Pursuit of Imperial Knowledge: Ol’ga Fedchenko, Aleksandra Potanina, Praskovia Uvarova, and Anna Rossikova Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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      Publisher University of Toronto Press
      Published 13 November 2022
      ISBN-13 9781487545604
      978-1487545604
      ISBN-10 1487545606
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      Specific wars and military campaigns Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A Woman's Empire sheds light on how women's voices, activities, and writings were part of Russia's late imperial expansion into Asia.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Women and Empire: Imperial Domesticity and Its Discontents 1. Reinforcing the State at the Imperial Periphery: The Governor General’s Wife 2. Turkestan through Russian Eyes: Elena Apreleva’s Central Asian Sketches Part Two: Theosophy, Hunting, and Constructing the Nation in the Shadow of the Great Game 3. Propagandist of Russian Imperialism: Madame Blavatsky in India 4. Hunting, Photography, and National Rivalry: In the Pamirs Part Three: Science in the Name of the Nation: Women Scientists, Archaeologists, and Ethnographers 5. In Pursuit of Imperial Knowledge: Ol’ga Fedchenko, Aleksandra Potanina, Praskovia Uvarova, and Anna Rossikova Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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