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James Forsyth. A Historv of the Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian Colony, 1581-1990. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. xx, 455 pp. $79.95.

James Forsyth. A Historv of the Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian Colony, 1581-1990. New... BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS James Forsyth. A Historv of the Peoples o f Siberia: R u s s i a ' s North Asian Colony, 1581-1990. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. xx, 455 pp. $79.95. Much has been written on the European conquest o f the New World, Africa, Asia, and Australia, and the subsequent fates o f indigenous peoples under white rule. These developments color the world's image o f Europe and the Americas; no one w o u l d contend that a full understanding o f modern Western civilization is possible without reference to the expansion o f Europe and the establishment o f overseas offshoot societies in lands wrested from hostile natives. The same may be said with regard to R u s s i a and its contiguous colony o f Siberia, yet few ■ R u s s i a n historians, let alone the general public, can claim any k n o w l e d g e o f R u s s i a ' s c o n q u e s t o f this territory, the largest part o f both the Russian empire •' and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Canadian-American Slavic Studies Brill

James Forsyth. A Historv of the Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian Colony, 1581-1990. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. xx, 455 pp. $79.95.

Canadian-American Slavic Studies , Volume 28 (4): 473 – Jan 1, 1994

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© 1994 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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10.1163/221023994X00224
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BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS James Forsyth. A Historv of the Peoples o f Siberia: R u s s i a ' s North Asian Colony, 1581-1990. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. xx, 455 pp. $79.95. Much has been written on the European conquest o f the New World, Africa, Asia, and Australia, and the subsequent fates o f indigenous peoples under white rule. These developments color the world's image o f Europe and the Americas; no one w o u l d contend that a full understanding o f modern Western civilization is possible without reference to the expansion o f Europe and the establishment o f overseas offshoot societies in lands wrested from hostile natives. The same may be said with regard to R u s s i a and its contiguous colony o f Siberia, yet few ■ R u s s i a n historians, let alone the general public, can claim any k n o w l e d g e o f R u s s i a ' s c o n q u e s t o f this territory, the largest part o f both the Russian empire •' and

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