Imperial Rule

Contents

Introduction: Imperial Rule Alexei Miller and Alfred J. Rieber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. NATIONALISM AND IMPERIAL RULE The Empire and the Nation in the Imagination of Russian Nationalism Alexei Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The Russians and the Turks: Imperialism and Nationalism in the Era of Empires Norman Stone, Sergei Podbolotov and MuratYasar . . . . . . . . 27 Imperial instead of National History: Positioning Modern German History on the Map of European Empires Philipp Ther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 2. LEGITIMACY AND IMPERIAL RULE Justifying Political Power in 19th Century Europe: The Habsburg Monarchy and Beyond Maciej Janowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Schism Once Removed: Sects, State Authority, and Meanings of Religious Toleration in Imperial Russia Paul W . Werth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Redefining Identities in the Late Ottoman Empire: Policies of Conversion and Apostasy Selim Deringil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Contents 3. CORE AND PERIPHERY Empire on Europe’s Periphery: Russian and Western Comparisons Dominic Lieven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 The Spanish Empire and its End: a Comparative View in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Europe Sebastian Balfour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 The Russian-American Company as a Colonial Contractor for the Russian Empire Ilya Vinkovetsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 The Comparative Ecology of Complex Frontiers Alfred J. Rieber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 List of Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 ...