Caspian World

<p><b><i>The Caspian World</i></b><b> 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.</b> 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.</p><p>Rather than narrating history through binary state-to-state relationships however <i>The Caspian World</i> 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.</p><p>Contributors: 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 Ya?ar Rustin Zarkar</p>