Johann Cornies, the Mennonites, and Russian Colonialism in Southern Ukraine by J

Description: Johann Cornies, the Mennonites, and Russian Colonialism in Southern Ukraine by John R. Staples Drawing on the story of the leader of a small Mennonite community in southern Ukraine, this book explores how colonial subjects were shaped by and helped shape Russian imperial policy. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Drawing on the story of the leader of a small Mennonite community in southern Ukraine, this book explores how colonial subjects were shaped by and helped shape Russian imperial policy.In the late eighteenth century, the Russian Empire opened the grasslands of southern Ukraine to agricultural settlement by new colonists, among them Prussian Mennonites. Mennonite colonization was one aspect of the empires consolidation and modernization of its multi-ethnic territory. In the colony of Molochnaia, the dominant personality of the early nineteenth century was Johann Cornies (17891848), a hard-driving modernizer and intimate of senior Russian officials whose papers provide unique access into events in Ukraine in this era.Johann Cornies, the Mennonites, and Russian Colonialism in Southern Ukraine uses the life story of Johann Cornies to explore how colonial subjects interacted with Russian imperial policy. The book reveals how tsarist imperial policy shifted toward Russification in the 1830s and 1840s and became increasingly intolerant of ethnocultural and ethnoreligious minorities. It shows that Russia employed the Mennonite settlement as a colonial laboratory of modernity, and that the Mennonites were among Russias most economically productive subjects. This microhistory illuminates the role of Johann Cornies as a mediator between the empire and the Mennonite colonists, and it ultimately aims to bring light to the history of nineteenth-century Russia and Ukraine. Author Biography John R. Staples is a professor of Russian and Soviet history at the State University of New York at Fredonia. Table of Contents List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations 1. Introduction2. Land of Opportunity, 1804–18173. A Public Life, 1818–18244. Awakening, 1824–18285. Imposing Order, 1828–18346. Mennonites in the Era of Small Reforms, 1834–18387. "A Useful Man," 1838–18428. The Warkentin Affair, 1841–18429. An Agent of the State, 1842–184710. Conclusion: "Something for the Future," 1847–1848 NotesBibliographyIndex Review "This book provides an important new look at imperial policy in southern Ukraine in the first half of the nineteenth century, forthrightly characterizing Russian actions as colonialism comparable to that of other European states. John R. Stapless careful and detailed scholarship provides us with a complex picture of an important part of Ukraines history."--Susan Smith-Peter, Professor of History, College of Staten Island, CUNY"John R. Staples has written a superb microhistory with his study of Johann Cornies. Through this biographical sketch, Staples demonstrates how the life and times of one individual say a great deal about Imperial Russias colonial policy and Ukrainian identity formation in the nineteenth century. Deeply researched and engagingly written, this work will reward readers from across the disciplines."--Leonard G. Friesen, Professor of History, Wilfrid Laurier University"This thoughtful book is worthy of its hero. Johann Corniess biography, presented by John R. Staples, is a carefully studied story of the struggles, successes, and accomplishments of a person who built himself and the world around him. This book is a great scholarly reflection on a fascinating period of history that Mennonites preserve and cherish in their memory and myths."--Nataliya Venger, Professor of World History, Dnipro National University, and Visiting Scholar, University of Winnipeg"Using the example of Johann Cornies, John R. Staples presents a striking portrait of how Mennonites contributed to imperial Russias colonial project in southern Ukraine. Staples demonstrates how, through economic, political, and religious engagement and interpersonal relations with key figures in the imperial bureaucracy, Cornies both shaped and was shaped by the building of the Russian Empire."--Aileen Friesen, Associate Professor of History and Co-director of the Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies, University of Winnipeg Details ISBN1487549164 Author John R. Staples Pages 344 Publisher University of Toronto Press Series Tsarist and Soviet Mennonite Studies ISBN-13 9781487549169 Format Hardcover Imprint University of Toronto Press Place of Publication Toronto Country of Publication Canada ISBN-10 1487549164 UK Release Date 2024-02-15 Year 2023 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2023-12-26 DEWEY 289.747709034 Publication Date 2023-10-30 Illustrations 2 b&w illustrations, 2 b&w maps We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160592080;

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