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The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands: From the Rise of Early Modern Empires to the End of the First World War
written by Alfred J. Rieber, 1931- (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2014, originally published 2014), 652 page(s)
This book explores the Eurasian borderlands as contested “shatter zones” which have generated some of the world’s most significant conflicts. Analyzing the struggles of the Habsburg, Russian, Ottoman,
Iranian, and Qing empires, Alfred J. Rieber surveys the period from the rise of the great multicultural, con...
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written by Alfred J. Rieber, 1931- (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2014, originally published 2014), 652 page(s)
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This book explores the Eurasian borderlands as contested “shatter zones” which have generated some of the world’s most significant conflicts. Analyzing the struggles of the Habsburg, Russian, Ottoman,
Iranian, and Qing empires, Alfred J. Rieber surveys the period from the rise of the great multicultural, conquest empires in the late medieval/early modern period to their collapse in the early twentieth century. He
charts how these empires ex...
This book explores the Eurasian borderlands as contested “shatter zones” which have generated some of the world’s most significant conflicts. Analyzing the struggles of the Habsburg, Russian, Ottoman,
Iranian, and Qing empires, Alfred J. Rieber surveys the period from the rise of the great multicultural, conquest empires in the late medieval/early modern period to their collapse in the early twentieth century. He
charts how these empires expanded along moving, military frontiers,competing with one another in war, diplomacy, and cultural practices, while the subjugated peoples of the borderlands strove to maintain
their cultures and to defend their autonomy. The gradual and fragmentary adaptation of Western constitutional ideas, military reforms, cultural practices, and economic penetration began to undermine these ruling ideologies and institutions, leading to the collapse of all five empires in revolution and war within little more than a decade
between 1911 and 1923.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Alfred J. Rieber, 1931-
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
EU and its Borders, Internal and External, War, International relations, Diplomacy, Political boundaries, Cultural identity, Cultural assimilation, Imperialism, History, Law, Geography, Politics & Policy, Asians, Europeans, Early Modern Period (1450–1750), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914), Post-Classical Period (500–1450)
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Copyright © 2014 Alfred J. Rieber
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