Imperial boundaries
Subtitle: Cossack communities and empire-building in the age of Peter the Great
By: Brian J. Boeck.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780521514637
Subjects: Cossacks -- Russia (Federation) -- Don River Region -- History; Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Russia (Federation) -- Don River Region -- History; Don River Region (Russia) -- History -- 18th century; Russia -- History -- Peter I, 1689-1725; Russia -- Territorial expansion; Russia -- Boundaries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beyond borders, between worlds : Russian empire and the making of the Don Steppe frontier; title: People and power on the frontier : liberty, diversity, and de-centralization in the Don region to 1700; title: A middle ground between autonomy and dependence : the raiding economy of the Don Steppe frontier to 1700; title: Boundaries of integration or exclusion? : migration, mobility, and state sovereignty on the southern frontier to 1700; title: Testing the boundaries of imperial alliance : cooperation, negotiation and resistance in the era of Razin (1667-1681); title: Between Rus' and Rossiia : realigning the boundaries of Cossack communities in a time of migration and transition (1681-1695); title: The era of Raskol : religion and rebellion (1681-1695); title: Incorporation without integration : the Azov interlude (1695-1711); title: From frontier to borderland : the demarcation of the Steppe and the delegitimation of raiding (1696-1710); title: Boundaries of land, liberty, and identity : making the Don region legible to imperial officials (1696-1706); title: The Bulavin uprising : the last stand of the old Steppe (1706-1709); title: Reshaping the Don in the imperial image : power, privilege, and patronage in the post-Bulavin era (1708-1739); title: Closing the Cossack community : recording and policing the boundaries of group identity (1708-1739); title: A borderline state of mind : the closing of the Don Steppe frontier (1708-1739).