Description: Russian Rule in Samarkand 1 : A Comparison With British India, Hardcover by Morrison, A. S., ISBN 0199547378, ISBN-13 9780199547371, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Russian Rule in Samarkand uses a comparative approach to examine the structures, personnel, and ideologies of Russian imperialism in Turkestan, taking Samarkand and the surrounding region as a case-study. The creation of a colonial administration in Central Asia presented Russia with similar problems to those faced by the British in India, but different approaches to governance meant that the two regimes often stood in stark contrast to one another. While the Russian administration was characterised by corruption and inefficiency, British rule in India was much more violent, and its subjects much more heavily taxed. Opening with the background to the political situation in Central Asia and a narrative of Russian conquest itself, th moves on to analyse official attitudes to Islam and to pre-colonial elites, and the earliest attempts to establish a functioning system of revenue collection. Uncovering the religious and ethnic composition of the military bureaucracy, and the social background, education and training of its personnel, Alexander Morrison assesses the competence of these officers vis-รก-vis their Anglo-Indian counterparts. Subsequent chapters look at the role of the so-called 'native administration' in governing the countryside and collecting taxes, the attempt to administer the complex systems of irrigation leading from the Zarafshan and Syr-Darya rivers, and the nature and functions of the Islamic judiciary under colonial rule. Based on extensive archival research in Russia, India, and Uzbekistan, and containing rare source material translated from the original Russian, Russian Rule in Samarkand will be of interest to all those interested in the history of the Russian Empire and European Imperialism more generally.
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Book Title: Russian Rule in Samarkand 1868-1910 : A Comparison With British I
Number of Pages: 380 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Russian Rule in Samarkand 1868-1910 :A Comparison with British India
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2008
Subject: General, World / Asian
Item Height: 1.1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 21.9 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Author: Alexander Morrison
Item Width: 5.4 in
Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
Format: Hardcover
