Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Imperial Rule 1
4. 1. NATIONALISM AND IMPERIAL RULE
5. The Empire and the Nation in the Imagination of Russian Nationalism 9
6. The Russians and the Turks: Imperialism and Nationalism in the Era of Empires 27
7. Imperial instead of National History: Positioning Modern German History on the Map of European Empires 47
8. 2. LEGITIMACY AND IMPERIAL RULE
9. Justifying Political Power in 19th Century Europe: The Habsburg Monarchy and Beyond 69
10. Schism Once Removed: Sects, State Authority, and Meanings of Religious Toleration in Imperial Russia 83
11. Redefining Identities in the Late Ottoman Empire: Policies of Conversion and Apostasy 107
12. 3. CORE AND PERIPHERY
13. Empire on Europe’s Periphery: Russian and Western Comparisons 133
14. The Spanish Empire and its End: a Comparative View in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Europe 151
15. The Russian-American Company as a Colonial Contractor for the Russian Empire 161
16. The Comparative Ecology of Complex Frontiers 177
17. List of Contributors 209
18. Index 211