Routledge Handbook of the CaucasusGalina M. Yemelianova, Laurence Broers The Routledge Handbook of the Caucasus offers an integrated, multidisciplinary overview of the historical, ethno-linguistic, cultural, socio-economic and political complexities of the Caucasus. Covering both the North and South Caucasus, the book gathers together leading Western, Caucasian and Russian scholars of the region from different disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Following a thorough introduction by the editors, the handbook is divided into six parts which combine thematic and chronological principles:
This handbook will be an essential reference work for scholars interested in Russian and Eastern-European studies, Eurasian history and politics, and religious and Islamic studies. |
Contents
Peoples languages and lore | |
The early Christian Caucasus | |
the role of adats and shariah | |
PART II | |
The Caucasus in the Russian Empire | |
KabardinoBalkaria KarachaevoCherkessia | |
causes and trajectories | |
Unrecognised statehood? The de facto states of the South Caucasus | |
political social and economic factors | |
from an independent insurgency to | |
from hegemony to contestation | |
The Caucasus and Iran | |
legality energy politics and regional security | |
the independence of Transcaucasia | |
resistance and accommodation | |
politics society and economy since independence | |
politics economy and society | |
from revolution to revolution | |
Dagestan Chechnya and Ingushetia | |
Demography of the Caucasus | |
voluntary youth organisations | |
comparing Armenia and Chechnya | |
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