Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface

Note on Transliteration and Dating

Part One
The Rise and Fall of the Georgian Monarchies

1 The Formation of the Georgian Nation

2 Christian Georgia: The First Thousand Years

3 The Long Twilight of the Georgian Kingdoms

Part Two
Georgia in the Russian Empire

4 Russian Rule and Georgian Society

5 Emancipation anh the End of Seigneurial Georgia

6 Thge Emergence of Political Society

7 Marxism and the National Struggle

8 The End of Tsarist Georgia

Part Three
Revolutionary and Soviet Georgia

9 Revolution and Republic

10 Bolshevik Georgia

11 Stalin's Revolution

12 Stalinism in Georgia

13 Georgia and Soviet Nationality Policy since Stalin

14 The Georgian Road to Independece

Glossary

Notes

Bibliographical Note

Index

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The full sweep of Georgian history from medieval times to the present era of civil strife in an independent republic.

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"... the best study in English to date for an understanding of Georgian nationalism." Religious Studies Review "... the standard account of Georgian history in English." American Historical Review "... tour de force research ... fascinating reading." American Political Science Review