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Russian orientalism : Asia in the Russian mind from Peter the Great to the emigration
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- Creator
- David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- xi, 298 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780300110630, 0300110634, 9780300162899, 0300162898
- OCLC
- ocn149473713, ocn808346460, ocn923598924
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: What is Russian orientalism? -- The forest and the steppe -- The Petrine dawn -- Catherinian chinoiserie -- The oriental muse -- The Kazan school -- Missionary orientology -- The rise of the St. Petersburg school -- The oriental faculty -- The exotic self -- Conclusion: Asia in the Russian mind