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Let Our Fame Be Great : Journeys among the Defiant People of the Caucasus by Oliver Bullough (2012, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-100465029043
ISBN-139780465029044
eBay Product ID (ePID)109017109
Product Key Features
Book TitleLet Our Fame Be Great : Journeys Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus
Number of Pages528 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
TopicAsia / Central Asia, Europe / Eastern, Sociology / General, Asia / General, Asia / Central, Europe / General
GenreTravel, Social Science, History
AuthorOliver Bullough
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight24.1 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromEighth Grade
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal947.5086
SynopsisThe jagged peaks of the Caucasus Mountains have hosted a rich history of diverse nations, valuable trade, and incessant warfare. But today the region is best known for atrocities in Chechnya and the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia. In Let Our Fame Be Great , journalist and Russian expert Oliver Bullough explores the fascinating cultural crossroads of the Caucasus, where Europe, Asia, and the Middle East intersect. Traveling through its history, Bullough tracks down the nations dispersed by the region's last two hundred years of brutal warfare. Filled with a compelling mix of archival research and oral history, Let Our Fame Be Great recounts the tenacious survival of peoples who have been relentlessly invaded and persecuted and yet woefully overlooked., Part travelogue, part history, Let Our Fame Be Great tells the stories of the forgotten peoples of the Caucasus region, an incredible cultural crossroads where Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Turkey and the Middle East meet. The area was once the home of the Golden Fleece and Prometheus' place of exile, and later inspired Pushkin and Lermontov, but its rich history has been overshadowed by decades of guerrilla warfare. Now, it is better known to us for the struggle in Chechnya and the 2008 war between Georgia and Russia. Traveling through history and throughout this tumultuous region, journalist and Russia expert Oliver Bullough details the major events--from nineteenth-century Tsarist expansionism to the modern day struggles in Chechnya and South Ossetia--that have shaped this fascinating land and its people: the Chechens, Nogais, Circassians, mountain Turks, and Ingush who have been consistently besieged--and woefully overlooked--for nearly two hundred years., "[An] impressive debut...Wonderful travel history...With this impassioned volume [Bullough] has struck a blow for the glory of the Caucasus and helped to give voice to the voiceless." -- Financial Times
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