5. FRONTIER ENCOUNTERS. Conflict and Coexistence between Colonists and South Caucasians

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Translation and Transliteration xiii
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Maps xviii
7. INTRODUCTION 1
8. PART I. THE ROAD TO TRANSCAUCASIA
9. 1. TOLERATION THROUGH ISOLATION. The Edict of 1830 and the Origins of Russian Colonization in Transcaucasia 17
10. 2. TO A LAND OF PROMISE. Sectarians and the Resettlement Experience 49
11. PART II. LIFE ON THE SOUTH CAUCASIAN FRONTIER
12. 3. “IN THE BOSOM OF AN ALIEN CLIMATE”. Ecology, Economy, and Colonization 87
13. 4. HERETICS INTO COLONIZERS. Changing Roles and Transforming Identities on the Imperial Periphery 128
14. 5. FRONTIER ENCOUNTERS. Conflict and Coexistence between Colonists and South Caucasians 173
15. PART III. THE DUKHOBOR MOVEMENT
16. 6. FROM COLONIAL SETTLERS TO PACIFIST INSURGENTS. The Origins of the Dukhobor Movement, 1887–1895 217
17. 7. PEASANT PACIFISM AND IMPERIAL INSECURITIES. The Burning of Weapons, 1895–1899 260
18. THE END OF AN ERA AND ITS MEANINGS 299
19. Selected Bibliography 319
20. Index 339