{"product_id":"9781350549821","title":"Understanding Siberia as a Russian Colony Bureaucracy and Civil Society in the Imperial Era of the Great Reforms","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUnderstanding Siberia as a Russian Colony\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBureaucracy and Civil Society in the Imperial Era of the Great Reforms\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDiego Repenning\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHIS032010\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiego Repenning's \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Siberia as a Russian Colony\u003c\/i\u003e explores the relationship between Siberia and the Russian state during the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries.\u003c\/b\u003e Amongst Russia's historical regions, Siberia has enjoyed an ambiguous standing, creating a paradoxical image of a Russian and a foreign territory. This book argues that this ambiguousness can be overcome by acknowledging the colonial nature of Siberia's position within the empire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy applying a colonial outlook to the study of Siberia, Repenning reveals its contradictory attachment to the Russian state and explains the origins of the regionalist movements that erupted after the fall of the imperial and Soviet polities. He examines the bureaucratic structures put in place after the Great Reforms in Russia and Siberia, exploring the mechanisms undergirding Siberia's colonial nature. The book considers the role played by the people who occupied middle and lower positions within imperial administration and the institutions that emerged from the Great Reforms: the \u003ci\u003eintelligentsia, raznochintsy, popovichi\u003c\/i\u003e and professionals employed within \u003ci\u003ezemstva\u003c\/i\u003e. Through the analysis of their activities, we learn how these individuals affected the development of Russia's civil society. This allows Repenning to consider the excluding and including measures that characterise the imperial settings that affected Siberians' relationship to the Russian state. At the same time, it provides a way to understand that the geographical composite encompassed by the Russian State was historically built and can be understood from following its fault lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDiego Repenning\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350549821\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331268149388,"sku":"9781350549821","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350549821","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}