Imperial Visions: Nationalist Imagination and Geographical Expansion in the Russian Far East, 1840-1865

by Mark Bassin

Book Overview

Until the mid-nineteenth century, the Amur region had been a virtual terra incognita for the Russian public. However, the region's annexation succeeded in stirring the dreams of the country's most outstanding social and political visionaries, who declared it civilization's most important step forward. A decade later, this enthrallment and optimism had evaporated. Mark Bassin examines Russia's perceptions of the new territories, placing the Amur enigma...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521026741
• ISBN13: 9780521026741
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"