Siberia: Worlds Apart / Edition 1

by Victor L Mote

Overview

Known to most as a realm of exile and labor camps, Siberia is also one of the world's wealthiest resource bases. This harsh, vast land constitutes nearly three-quarters of Russia's territory, yet after four centuries of Slavic migration and procreation it is home to a mere 32 million people.In this comprehensive book, Victor Mote illuminates the dichotomy between Siberia's rich treasurehouse of resources and its peripheral relationship to the rest of the world. With this paradox in mind, he traces the region's history from the Stone Age to the present, emphasizing the unique blend of wit and will developed by inhabitants to survive one of the most brutal environments in the world—a land that has been part colony, part prison, and part frontier. Mote also explores the geography, ethnography, economics, and politics of Siberia and its people, providing a multidisciplinary perspective for scholars and general readers alike interested in Eurasia's 'forgotten quarter.'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813318370
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	06/05/1998
Series:	Westview Series on the Post-Soviet Repubic Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile:	1400L (what's this?)

About the Author

Victor L. Mote is associate professor of geography, Russian studies, and political science at the University of Houston, University Park Campus.

Table of Contents

Preface — Author's Note on Transliteration — Greater Siberia: A Resource Frontier — Greater Siberia: The Land and Its People — The Little Siberians: On the Planet's Periphery — Regionalism, Separatism, and Russification Before the Revolution — Revolution, Civil War, and Stalinism in Greater Siberia — Salad Days: The East-West Debate and Greater Siberia — Dog Days and the Rise of the Little Siberians, 1985—1993 — Greater Siberia Today: Roaring Mice and Wage Arrears — Appendix A — Appendix B