 | The Captive and the Gift: Cultural Histories of Sovereignty in Russia and the Caucasus Subjects: Caucasus -- Civilization; Caucasus -- Relations -- Russia; Russia -- Relations -- Caucasus; Caucasus -- Relations -- Soviet Union; Soviet Union -- Relations -- Caucasus; Sovereignty -- Social aspects -- Caucasus; Sovereignty -- Social aspects -- Russia; S; Bruce Grant explores the long relationship between Russia and the Caucasus and the means by which sovereignty has been exercised in this contested area. Bruce Grant is Professor of Anthropology at New York University. He is the author of In the Soviet House of Culture: A Century of Perestroikas and coeditor of The Russia Reader: History, Culture, Politics. |
