Empire speaks out languages of rationalization and self-description in the Russian Empire / [electronic resource] : edited by Ilya Gerasimov, Jan Kusber and Alexander Semyonov. - Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2009. - vi, 280 p. - Russian history and culture, v. 1 1877-7791 ; . - Russian history and culture (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 1. .

"Published ... within the collective research project 'Languages of Self Description and Representation in the Russian Empire'"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Defining empire in a dialogue. New imperial history and the challenges of empire / Ilya Gerasimov ... [et al.] ; Considerations on imperial comparisons / Ann Laura Stoler -- The challenge of unification and resistance. Governance, education, and the problems of empire in the age of Catherine II / Jan Kusber ; Us and them?: Polish self-descriptions and perceptions of the Russian Empire between homogeneity and diversity (1815-1863) / Hans-Christian Petersen ; Siberian middle ground: languages of rule and accommodation on the Siberian frontier / Sergey Glebov -- The challenge of transformation and rationalization. Russian physical anthropology of the nineteenth-early twentieth centuries: imperial race, colonial other, degenerate types, and the Russian racial body / Marina Mogilner ; The real and live ethnographic map of Russia: the Russian Empire in the mirror of the State Duma / Alexander Semyonov ; Redefining empire: social engineering in late imperial Russia / Ilya Gerasimov.


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Cultural pluralism--History.--Russia
Imperialism--Social aspects--History.--Russia
Rationalization (Psychology)--Political aspects--History.--Russia
Self-perception--Political aspects--History.--Russia
Language and culture--Russia.
Discourse analysis--Russia.


Russia--Ethnic relations.
Russia--Social conditions.
Russia--Politics and government.
Russia--History--Sources.


Electronic books.

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