Description: Russia's own Orient examines how intellectuals in early twentieth-century Russia offered a new and radical critique of the ways in which Oriental cultures were understood at the time
Review Quotes: "A 'must read' for courses in historiography and graduate students in all fields....Russia's Own Orient is an excellent addition to Oxford's fine series on moder European history."--The Historian
"Russia's Own Orient will make a wonderful purchase for library collections in Russian History and cultural studies. It is certain to interest scholars who work on anything connected with images of the East in Russian culture, Tsarist and Soviet nationalities policy, empire, or for that matter, Russian academic culture."--Slavic and East European Journal"The publication of this important monograph was been worth the wait....Vera Tolz's study of Russia's own Orient should force some rethinking and political soul-searching after nearly forty years."--he Russian Review