Imperial boundaries : Cossack communities and empire-building in the age of Peter the Great /

Main Author: Boeck, Brian J., 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009
Series:New studies in European history
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Table of Contents:
  • Beyond borders, between worlds : Russian empire and the making of the Don steppe frontier
  • People and power on the frontier : liberty, diversity, and de-centralization in the Don region to 1700
  • A middle ground between autonomy and dependence : the raiding economy of the Don steppe frontier to 1700
  • Boundaries of integration or exclusion? : migration, mobility, and state sovereignty on the southern frontier to 1700
  • Testing the boundaries of imperial alliance : cooperation, negotiation and resistance in the era of Razin (1667-1681)
  • Between Rus' and Rossiia : realigning the boundaries of Cossack communities in a time of migration and transition (1681-1695)
  • The era of raskol : religion and rebellion (1681-1695)
  • Incorporation without integration : the Azov interlude (1695-1711)
  • From frontier to borderland : the demarcation of the steppe and the delegitimation of raiding (1696-1710)
  • Boundaries of land, liberty, and identity : making the Don region legible to imperial officials (1696-1706)
  • The Bulavin uprising : the last stand of the old steppe (1706-1709)
  • Reshaping the Don in the imperial image : power, privilege, and patronage in the post-Bulavin era (1708-1739)
  • Closing the Cossack community : recording and policing the boundaries of group identity (1708-1739)
  • A borderline state of mind : the closing of the Don Steppe frontier (1708-1739)