{"product_id":"the-struggle-for-the-eurasian-borderlands-from-the-rise-of-early-modern-empires-to-the-end-of-the-first-world-war-hardback-9781107043091","title":"The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands; From the Rise of Early Modern Empires to the End of the First World War (Hardback) 9781107043091","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom the Rise of Early Modern Empires to the End of the First World War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA major new account of the Eurasian borderlands as 'shatter zones' which have generated some of the world's most significant conflicts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlfred J. Rieber (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107043091, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 March 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e652 pages, 12 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.5 cm, 1.18 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is an impressive, complex, and comprehensive work that reflects a lifetime of scholarly study. It is also a study that focuses on borderlands within continental empires that, at least in the historiography of the modern era, tend to play a subordinate role to European overseas empires. For this reason alone, it is a refreshing approach to the broader subject of empire and borderlands.' Jonathan E. Gumz, Journal of Modern History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book explores the Eurasian borderlands as contested 'shatter zones' which have generated some of the world's most significant conflicts. Analyzing the struggles of 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Imperial space\u003cbr\u003e 2. Imperial ideologies: cultural practices\u003cbr\u003e 3. Imperial institutions: armies, bureaucracies and elites\u003cbr\u003e 4. Imperial frontier encounters\u003cbr\u003e 5. Imperial crises\u003cbr\u003e 6. Imperial legacies\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: transition.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Military history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Military history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Military%20history%20%5BHBW%5D%22\"\u003eHBW\u003c\/a\u003e], History: earliest times to present day [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History: earliest times to present day\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History:%20earliest%20times%20to%20present%20day%20%5BHBL%5D%22\"\u003eHBL\u003c\/a\u003e], Regional \u0026amp; national history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Regional \u0026amp; national history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Regional%20\u0026amp;%20national%20history%20%5BHBJ%5D%22\"\u003eHBJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265544999192,"sku":"9781107043091","price":103.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107043091i.jpg?v=1692024089","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-struggle-for-the-eurasian-borderlands-from-the-rise-of-early-modern-empires-to-the-end-of-the-first-world-war-hardback-9781107043091","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}