Includes bibliographical references and index.

The empire and the nation in the imagination of Russian nationalism / Alexei Miller -- The Russians and the Turks : imperialism and nationalism in the era of empires / Norman Stone, Sergei Podbolotov and Murat Yasar -- Imperial instead of national history : positioning modern German history on the map of European empires / Philipp Ther -- Justifying political power in 19th century Europe : the Habsburg monarchy and beyond / Maciej Janowski -- Schism once removed : sects, state authority, and meanings of religious toleration in imperial Russia / Paul W. Werth -- Redefining identities in the late Ottoman Empire : policies of conversion and apostasy / Selim Deringil -- Empire on Europe's periphery : Russian and western comparisons / Dominic Lieven -- The Spanish empire and its end : a comparative view in nineteenth and twentieth century Europe / Sebastian Balfour -- The Russian-American company as a colonial contractor for the Russian empire / Ilya Vinkovetsky -- The comparative ecology of complex frontiers / Alfred J. Rieber.

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