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ISBN: 978-1-60732-549-9 (cloth)
ISBN: 978-1-60732-550-5 (ebook)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Sabol, Steven, author.
Title: The touch of civilization : comparing American and Russian internal colonization / Steve Sabol.
Description: Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016036164 | ISBN 9781607325499 (cloth) | ISBN 9781607325505 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Comparative civilization. | Imperialism—History. | United States—Territorial expansion. | Russia—Territorial expansion. | Collective memory—Russia. | Collective memory—United States. | Dakota Indians—History. | Kazakhs—History.
Classification: LCC CB451 .S23 2016 | DDC 909—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016036164
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The University Press of Colorado gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University toward the publication of this book.
COVER PHOTO CREDITS. Front, clockwise from top left: courtesy of Central State Archives, Republic of Kazakhstan, 2-27605; courtesy of Denver Public Library; courtesy of Denver Public Library; courtesy of Central State Museum, Republic of Kazakhstan, NVF 5289/11. Back: courtesy of Central State Archives, Republic of Kazakhstan, 2-95119 (left); courtesy of National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution (right).