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Book The Caucasian Captive

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  • Author : graf Leo Tolstoy
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1892
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 40 pages

Download or read book The Caucasian Captive written by graf Leo Tolstoy and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Caucasian Captive

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  • Author : graf Leo Tolstoy
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1892
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 36 pages

Download or read book The Caucasian Captive written by graf Leo Tolstoy and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Caucasian captive

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Book The Captive and the Gift

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  • Author : Bruce Grant
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2016-05-15
  • ISBN : 1501702866
  • Pages : 213 pages

Download or read book The Captive and the Gift written by Bruce Grant and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caucasus region of Eurasia, wedged in between the Black and Caspian Seas, encompasses the modern territories of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, as well as the troubled republic of Chechnya in southern Russia. A site of invasion, conquest, and resistance since the onset of historical record, it has earned a reputation for fearsome violence and isolated mountain redoubts closed to outsiders. Over extended efforts to control the Caucasus area, Russians have long mythologized stories of their countrymen taken captive by bands of mountain brigands.In The Captive and the Gift, the anthropologist Bruce Grant explores the long relationship between Russia and the Caucasus and the means by which sovereignty has been exercised in this contested area. Taking his lead from Aleksandr Pushkin's 1822 poem "Prisoner of the Caucasus," Grant explores the extraordinary resonances of the themes of violence, captivity, and empire in the Caucasus through mythology, poetry, short stories, ballet, opera, and film. Grant argues that while the recurring Russian captivity narrative reflected a wide range of political positions, it most often and compellingly suggested a vision of Caucasus peoples as thankless, lawless subjects of empire who were unwilling to acknowledge and accept the gifts of civilization and protection extended by Russian leaders.Drawing on years of field and archival research, Grant moves beyond myth and mass culture to suggest how real-life Caucasus practices of exchange, by contrast, aimed to control and diminish rather than unleash and increase violence. The result is a historical anthropology of sovereign forms that underscores how enduring popular narratives and close readings of ritual practices can shed light on the management of pluralism in long-fraught world areas.

Book The Caucasian Captive

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  • Author : Leo Tolstoy (Graf)
  • Publisher : Palala Press
  • Release : 2015-11-15
  • ISBN : 9781346442464
  • Pages : 38 pages

Download or read book The Caucasian Captive written by Leo Tolstoy (Graf) and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The White Captive

Download or read book The White Captive written by Richard Clyde Ford and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Captive in the Caucasus

Download or read book A Captive in the Caucasus written by graf Leo Tolstoy and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book White Captives

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  • Author : June Namias
  • Publisher : UNC Press Books
  • Release : 2005-10-12
  • ISBN : 0807876097
  • Pages : 401 pages

Download or read book White Captives written by June Namias and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2005-10-12 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White Captives offers a new perspective of Indian-white coexistence on the American frontier through analysis of historical, anthropological, political, and literary materials. --> Namias shows that visual, literary, and historical accounts of the capture of Euro-Americans by Indians are commentaries on the uncertain boundaries of gender, race, and culture during the colonial Indian Wars, the American Revolution, and the Civil War. She compares the experiences and representations of male and female captives over time and on successive frontiers and examines the narratives of captives Jane McCrea, Mary Jemison, and Sarah Wakefield.

Book Indian Captive

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  • Author : Lois Lenski
  • Publisher : Open Road Media
  • Release : 2011-12-27
  • ISBN : 1453227520
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book Indian Captive written by Lois Lenski and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Newbery Honor book inspired by the true story of a girl captured by a Shawnee war party in Colonial America and traded to a Seneca tribe. When twelve-year-old Mary Jemison and her family are captured by Shawnee raiders, she’s sure they’ll all be killed. Instead, Mary is separated from her siblings and traded to two Seneca sisters, who adopt her and make her one of their own. Mary misses her home, but the tribe is kind to her. She learns to plant crops, make clay pots, and sew moccasins, just as the other members do. Slowly, Mary realizes that the Indians are not the monsters she believed them to be. When Mary is given the chance to return to her world, will she want to leave the tribe that has become her family? This Newbery Honor book is based on the true story of Mary Jemison, the pioneer known as the “White Woman of the Genesee.” This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lois Lenski including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.

Book A Captive in the Caucasus

Download or read book A Captive in the Caucasus written by graf Leo Tolstoy and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Captive of the Caucasus

Download or read book A Captive of the Caucasus written by Andreĭ Bitov and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caucasus, Bitov the traveler is a captive, however alienated, of his homeland, too. Bitov's works characteristically proceed from and comment on one another, and the realization of captivity leads to a different journey; the second account, Choosing a Location, an entertaining impressionistic record of his travels in Soviet Georgia, is Bitov's quest for his own place and time. Compellingly conceived and spectacularly crafted, A Captive of the Caucasus is an.

Book Captivity of two Russian princesses in the Caucasus  tr  from the Russ   of E A  Verderevskii  by H S  Edwards

Download or read book Captivity of two Russian princesses in the Caucasus tr from the Russ of E A Verderevskii by H S Edwards written by Eugenii Aleksandrovich Verderevskii and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book White Captives

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  • Author : Evelyn Sibley Lampman
  • Publisher : Encore Editions
  • Release : 1975-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780689500237
  • Pages : 181 pages

Download or read book White Captives written by Evelyn Sibley Lampman and published by Encore Editions. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictionalized account of the experiences of two sisters who spent five years as Indian captives in the mid-nineteenth century.

Book Captivity of Two Russian Princesses in the Caucasus  Including a Seven Months  Residence in Shamil s Seraglio

Download or read book Captivity of Two Russian Princesses in the Caucasus Including a Seven Months Residence in Shamil s Seraglio written by Evgenii Aleksandrovich Verderevskii and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Caucasus

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  • Author : Thomas De Waal
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 2018-12-03
  • ISBN : 0190683082
  • Pages : 313 pages

Download or read book The Caucasus written by Thomas De Waal and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised and updated, Tom de Waal's The Caucasus is an essential and authoritative introduction to this complex region. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and the breakaway territories that have tried to split away from these states constitute one of the most diverse and challenging regions on earth, impressing the visitor with their multi-layered history, ethnic complexity, and seemingly intractable conflicts. Over the last few years, the South Caucasus region has captured international attention again because of its role in disputes between the West and Russia, its unsolved conflicts, and its role as an energy transport corridor to Europe. De Waal begins with a historical overview and then shifts his attention to the contemporary era, particularly the roiling conflicts over Nagorny Karabakh, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia. He also analyzes the energy politics of the region, the 2008 "Five-Day War" between Georgia and Russia, and recent political changes in all three countries. In addition, the book features brief snapshots of fascinating side topics such as Georgian wine, Baku jazz, and how the coast of Abkhazia came to be known as the "Soviet Florida." Concise, stimulating, and rich in detail, The Caucasus is the perfect guide to this fascinating and misunderstood region.

Book A Captive in the Caucasus

Download or read book A Captive in the Caucasus written by Lev Nikolaevič Tolstoj and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Prisoner in the Caucasus

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  • Author : Lyof N. Tolstoi
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-09-12
  • ISBN : 9781537615332
  • Pages : 50 pages

Download or read book A Prisoner in the Caucasus written by Lyof N. Tolstoi and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Prisoner in the Caucasus