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Russia and Iran in the Great Game: Travelogues and Orientalism reprint Edition
Author(s): Elena Andreeva (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 18 Aug. 2010
- Edition: reprint
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415781531
- ISBN-13: 9780415781534
Book Description
This book examines the Russian explorers and officials in the nineteenth and early twentieth century who came into contact with Iran as a part of the Great Game. It demonstrates the development of Russia's own form of Orientalism, a phenomenon that has previously been thought to be exclusive to the West.
Editorial Reviews
Review
'The book gives a valuable account of a number of travelogues by Russian diplomats, military officers and a few scholars who described the country, recorded their impressions, and made largely unfavourable comments on Iran's government, culture, manners and mores.' - Slavic Review, Fall 2008, Vol. 67, No. 3
About the Author
Elena Andreeva is Associate Professor of History at Virginia Military Institute, USA.
