ABSTRACT
This work presents a trans-Siberian expedition to rediscover the peoples, cultures and riches of Russia's eastern frontiers. It addresses such questions as: who are the people of the region?; have they a distinct culture?; and does the area have a future as part of the Pacific Rim?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|51 pages
Overlapping Peripheries, Antagonistic Centers
chapter |17 pages
Conquering the Great East
Kulomzin, Peasant Resettlement, and the Creation of Modern Siberia
part II|64 pages
Siberian Identities: Autonomy, Science, and Redemption
part III|53 pages
Far Eastern Identities: Settlement, Natives, and Borders
part IV|82 pages
After Communism: Resources for Cooperation or Confrontation
chapter |17 pages
Property Free-For-All
Regionalism, “Democratization,” and the Politics of Economic Control in the Kuzbas, 1989–93
chapter |16 pages
Water Wars
Siberian Rivers, Central Asian Deserts, and the Structural Sources of a Policy Debate
part V|61 pages
Northeast Asia: Re-emergence of a Transnational Region
