Russia and Iran in the Great Game: Travelogues and Orientalism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415771535)

Vendor: Elena Andreeva
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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Russia and Iran in the Great Game: Travelogues and Orientalism

$190.00

Russia and Iran in the Great Game: Travelogues and Orientalism

$190.00
Format: Hardcover
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This book examines the Russian explorers and officials in the nineteenth and early twentieth century who came into contact with Iran as a part of the Great Game. It demonstrates the development of Russia's own form of Orientalism, a phenomenon that has previously been thought to be exclusive to the West.

Author: Elena Andreeva
ISBN-10: 0415771536
ISBN-13: 9780415771535
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 06/07/2007
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.38w x 0.87d
By Elena Andreeva
By Elena Andreeva
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Elena Andreeva is Associate Professor of History at Virginia Military Institute, where she teaches Middle Eastern Studies and World History. She has published articles on Persian and Dari literature, on Russia Orientalism, and on Russian travellers to Iran.

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