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Exploring the Caucasus in the 21st century : essays on culture, history and politics in a dynamic context / edited by Françoise Companjen, László Marácz, Lia Versteegh.

Title
  1. Exploring the Caucasus in the 21st century : essays on culture, history and politics in a dynamic context / edited by Françoise Companjen, László Marácz, Lia Versteegh.
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  1. Amsterdam : Pallas Publications : Amsterdam University Press, c2010.

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Additional authors
  1. Companjen, Françoise.
  2. Marácz, László Károly
  3. Versteegh, Lia.
Description
  1. 254 p. : maps; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. Brings together investigations of both the north and south Caucasus to explain aspects of the history, linguistic complexity, current politics, and self-representations of the peoples who live between Russia and the Middle East.
Series statement
  1. Amsterdam contributions
Subject
  1. 2000-2099
  2. Kaukasus
  3. Caucasus > History > 21st century
  4. Caucasus > Civilization
  5. Caucasus > Politics and government > 21st century
Genre/Form
  1. History
Contents
  1. Gábor Bálint de Szentkatolna (1844-1913) and the study of Kabardian / László Marácz -- The ethnic-political arrangement of the peoples of the Caucasus / René Does -- An island of classical Arabic in the Caucasus : Dagestan / Michael Kemper -- Chechnya and Russia, between revolt and loyalty / Marc Jansen -- Recent political history of the South Caucasus in the context of transition / Françoise Companjen -- Authoritarianism and party politics in the South Caucasus / Max Bader -- Between state and nation building : the debate about 'ethnicity' in Georgian citizens' ID cards / Oliver Reisner -- The war in South Ossetia, August 2008 : four perspectives / Françoise Companjen -- The recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia : a new era in international law / Charlotte Hille -- Freedom of speech in the Caucasus : watch-dog needed in Armenia and Azerbaijan / Lia Versteegh -- Beyond frontiers : engagement and artistic freedom in South Caucasus modern culture (Armenia and Azerbaijan) / Eva Navarro Martínez.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
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