The Turkmens in the Age of Imperialism A Study of the Turkmen People and Their Incorporation into the Russian Empire

ABSTRACT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION TO THE SOURCES

CHAPTER 1: TURKMENIA, THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE

CHAPTER 2:        EARLY HISTORY OF THE TURKMENS UP TO 1800

CHAPTER 3: THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLlTICAL STRUCTURE OF THE TURKMEN SOCIETY

CHAPTER 4:        HISTORY OF THE TURKMENS FROM 1800 TO 1860: THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE

CHAPTER 5: HISTORY OF THE TURKMENS FROM 1860 TO 1860: ENJOYMENT OF SHORT-LlVED INDE­PENDENCE

CHAPTER 6: RUSSIA'S ADVANCE IN TURKMENIA: THE TURKMENS LOOK FOR PROTECTION AGAINST THE INVADING RUSSIANS

CHAPTER 7: THE BRITISH REACTION TO THE RUSSIAN AD V AN CE IN TURKMENIA

CHAPTER 8: THE TURKMEN DEBATE ON THE DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY

CHAPTER 9: THE RUSSIAN EXPETITION TO TURKENIA IN 1879: THE TURKMENS DEFEND THEMSELVES AT GÖK-TEPE

CHAPTER 10: THE TURKMENS, RUSSIA AND BRITAIN AF­TER THE RUSSIAN RETREAT FROM GÖK­TEPE

CHAPTER 11: THE SECOND RUSSIAN EXPEDITION TO TURKMENIA IN 1880-1881; AND THE COL­LAPSE OF THE TURKMEN DEFENCE AT GÖK-TEPE

CHAPTER 12: THE RUSSIANS ESTABLISH CONTROL OVER MERV BY INTRIGUES AND PRESSURE; THE END OF THE TURKMEN INDEPENDENCE

CONCLUSION

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