{"product_id":"caspian-world-connections-and-contentions-at-a-modern-eurasian-crossroads-9781501781278","title":"Caspian World: Connections and Contentions at a Modern Eurasian Crossroads","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Caspian World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a wide-ranging exploration of the strategic, political, and commercial significance of the Caspian Sea, a site where empires--Russian, Persian, Ottoman, and British--competed, warred, and collaborated.\u003c\/b\u003e As with the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, or the Black Sea, the geography of the Caspian Sea creates a sphere of unique political dynamics and possibilities, and the essays in this volume describe the role of the Caspian as a force of connection, as well as a source of threats, to the states on its shores.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than narrating history through binary, state-to-state relationships, however, \u003ci\u003eThe Caspian World\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the sea as a space of multi-sided exchanges and numerous centers, tracing how the Caspian has shaped the commercial, intellectual, diplomatic, and imperial projects throughout the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: Ulfat Abdurasulov, Abbas Amanat, Elena Andreeva, George Bournoutian, Iurii Demin, Layla S. Diba, Etienne Forestier-Peyrat, Kevin Gledhill, Guido Hausmann, Kayhan A. Nejad, Matthew P. Romaniello, Saghar Sadeghian, Alisa Shablovskaia, Ernest Tucker, Denis V. Volkov, Murat Yaşar, Rustin Zarkar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbas Amanat is William Graham Sumner Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University. His many books include \u003ci\u003eIran\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApocalyptic Islam\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Iranian Shi'ism, Pivot of the Universe, and Resurrection and Renewal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKevin Gledhill is Assistant Teaching Professor of History at Sacred Heart University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKayhan A. Nejad is Farzaneh Family Assistant Professor of Iranian Studies at the University of Oklahoma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635446022418,"sku":"9781501781278","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ff884432-73ce-4d6c-8837-057e3e4bf67d.jpg?v=1759236395","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/caspian-world-connections-and-contentions-at-a-modern-eurasian-crossroads-9781501781278","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}