The Central Asian Revolt of 1916 (Paperback)

Alexander Morrison

ISBN 10: 1526160269 / ISBN 13: 9781526160263

Published by Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2021

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Paperback. The 1916 Revolt was a key event in the history of Central Asia, and of the Russian Empire in the First World War. This volume is the first comprehensive re-assessment of its causes, course and consequences in English for over sixty years. It draws together a new generation of leading historians from North America, Japan, Europe, Russia and Central Asia, working with Russian archival sources, oral narratives, poetry and song in Kazakh and Kyrgyz. These illuminate in unprecedented detail the origins and causes of the revolt, and the immense human suffering which it entailed. They also situate the revolt in a global perspective as part of a chain of rebellions and disturbances that shook the world's empires, as they crumbled under the pressures of total war. -- . This volume provides a comprehensive reinterpretation of the 1916 Central Asian Revolt - a key event in the history of Central Asia, the Russian Empire and the First World War. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Central Asian Revolt of 1916 (Paperback)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press, Manchester
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1526160269
• ISBN 13: 9781526160263
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The 1916 Revolt was a key event in the history of Central Asia, and of the Russian Empire in the First World War. This volume is the first comprehensive re-assessment of its causes, course and consequences in English for over sixty years. It draws together a new generation of leading historians from North America, Japan, Europe, Russia and Central Asia, working with Russian archival sources, oral narratives, poetry and song in Kazakh and Kyrgyz. These illuminate in unprecedented detail the origins and causes of the revolt, and the immense human suffering which it entailed. They also situate the revolt in a global perspective as part of a chain of rebellions and disturbances that shook the world’s empires, as they crumbled under the pressures of total war.

About the Author

Aminat Chokobaeva is Honorary Affiliate at the Department of History at the University of Sydney

Cloé Drieu is a Research Fellow at CNRS in the Centre d’études turques, ottomanes, balkaniques et centrasiatiques (CETOBaC)

Alexander Morrison is a Fellow and Tutor in History at New College, Oxford