Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review
Threads of Empire is essential reading for students of both Russian imperial history and the history of empires more broadly.
* Kritika *
With its solid grounding in Russian archival and printed sources and its sophisticated comparative approach, Steinwedel's work will serve as a point of departure for historians of the Russian Empire, and will become a book of reference for any future study of empires in global history.
* American Historical Review *
[Steinwedel's] book is both a skilful exercise in local and regional history, and an important contribution to the history of Imperial Russia as a whole.
* Slavonic and East European Review *
Charles Steinwedel's Threads of Empire brings the qualities of a local history and world history together and is highly valuable reading for a wide range of scholars.
* Ab Imperio *
Highly recommended.
* Choice *
Charles Steinwedel has written a well-researched study which makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the way the Russian empire functioned.
* European History Quarterly *
Charles Steinwedel has produced an engaging and thoroughly documented history of both the Bashkirs and the multiethnic territory of Bashkiria.
* Canadian-American Slavic Studies *
Based on outstanding research, Charles Steinwedel's impressive new book offers a study of the history of Bashkiria in the context of the Russian Empire.
* The Russian Review *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Steppe Empire, 1552–1730
2. Absolutism and Empire, 1730–1775
3. Empire of Reason, 1773–1855
4. Participatory Empire, 1855–1881
5. The Empire and the Nation, 1881–1904
6. Empire in Crisis, 1905–1907
7. Empire, Nations, and Multinational Visions, 1907–1917
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
