Description
Book SynopsisBased on a quarter-century of research by a leading authority on the area, this is a monumental survey from prehistoric times to the present. Drawing from political, diplomatic, economic, geographical, social, and cultural evidence, the book reveals that this vast, rugged, and supposedly insular land has harbored vibrantly cosmopolitan lifestyles.
Trade Review"A coherent, literate, and always informed comprehensive history of the region that presents the Russian Far East as both more vibrant and cosmopolitan than the conventional picture. . . . Stephan has produced that rarest of academic monographs: a consistently reliable synthesis that is fun to read. . . . It should be a standard English-language reference tool on the Russian Far East for years to come."—
International History ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Northeast Asian Ecumene: 1. Geography and prehistory; 2. The Chinese Millennium; 3. Russian entree; 4. Amur setback; 5. Pacific window; 6. Return to the Amur; Part II. The Russian Far East: 7. Toward a Far Eastern viceroyalty; 8. Patte rns of settlement; 8. East Asian communities; 10. International emporium; 11. Stirrings of a regional consciousness; 12. Rumblings; 13. Revolution; 14. Civil war; 15. Intervention; 16. The Far Eastern republic; Part III. The Soviet Far East: 17. Anomalous enclave; 18. The Far Eastern cohort; 19. Red-bannered satraps; 20. Building socialism on the Pacific; 21. Center vs. periphery; 22. 'Cleansing' Dalkrai; 23. Kolyma; 24. War without a front; 25. A front without war; 26. Khrushchevian interlude; 27. The era of stagnation; 28. Frontier ethos; Conclusion; Appendixes.
