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Author Kurtynova-D'Herlugnan, Liubov

Title The Tsar's abolitionists : the slave trade in the Caucasus and its suppression / by Liubov Kurtynova-D'Herlugnan
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 206 pages) : maps
Series Eurasian studies library, 1877-9484 ; v. 2
Eurasian studies library ; v. 2.
Contents Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction; Chapter One. The Caucasus: Geography and People; Chapter Two. Christians in Heterodox Captivity: The Historical Roots of Russian Abolitionismin the Caucasus; Chapter Three. The Southern Caucasus; Chapter four. The Northern Caucasus; Conclusion. Explaining an Unlikely Abolitionism; Bibliography; Index
Summary This book presents a well-documented and important analysis of slavery and slave trade in the Caucasus within the fascinating contexts of Russian empire-building and emerging imperial identity of the Russian state as well as of the local political strategies of Caucasian political actors. The author offers a compelling, multi-layered analysis that is accessible to comparativists since it presents an important comparative case for slavery and its abolition, which helps us understand slavery in the broader contexts of both the ancient and western colonial worlds. The historical detail and use of f
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Slave trade -- Caucasus -- History -- 19th century
Slavery -- Caucasus -- History -- 19th century
Slavery -- Russia -- History -- 19th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
Economic history
Slave trade
Slavery
SUBJECT Caucasus -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
Subject Caucasus
Russia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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