Imperial Visions: Nationalist Imagination and Geographical Expansion in the Russian Far East, 1840-1865

Foreword Nicholas V. Riasanovsky Acknowledgements Introduction Map of the Russian Far East (c.1860) Part I: 1. Early visions and divinations 2. National identity and world mission 3. The rediscovery of the Amur 4. The push to the Pacific Part II: Introduction 5. Dreams of a Siberian Mississippi 6. Civilizing a savage realm 7. Poised on the Manchurian frontier 8. The Amur and its discontents Conclusion Bibliography Index.