Road to Power : The Trans-Siberian Railroad and the Colonization of Asian Russia, 1850-1917 / Steven G. Marks
1991, First Edition. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #407271
ISBN: 0801425336
Physical Description; xxi, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-235) and index. ontents
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Note on Transliteration and Dates -- Russian Measurements -- Cast of Major Characters -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. A Weak and Distant Domain -- CHAPTER TWO. An Appetite for Asia -- CHAPTER THREE. Siberia Is for Russia -- CHAPTER FOUR. Divergent Visions -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Vital Nerve and the Tail End -- CHAPTER SIX. Bureaucracy Prolix -- CHAPTER SEVEN. A State within a State -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Witte and the Taming of the Wild East -- CHAPTER NINE. Monument to Bungling -- CHAPTER TEN. The Limits of Railroad Colonization -- Conclusion -- Bibliography of Primary Sources -- Index. Subjects; history of Asia. 1861-1917. Economic history. Geschichte 1850-1917. History. Kolonisatie. Colonization. Russia. Russia (Federation) Siberia. Russia Economic conditions 1861-1917. Siberia (Russia) History. Sibérie (Russie) Histoire. Migration, Internal.Railroads.
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