PDF Round-Trip to America: The Immigrants Return to Europe; 1880–1930 (Cornell Paperbacks) by Mark Wyman in History

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In The Conquest of a Continent; the historian W. Bruce Lincoln details Siberia's role in Russian history; one remarkably similar to that of the frontier in the development of the United States. . . . It is a big; panoramic book; in keeping with the immensity of its subject.―Chicago Tribune"Lincoln is a compelling writer whose chapters are colorful snapshots of Siberia's past and present. . . . The Conquest of a Continent is a vivid narrative that will inform and entertain the broader reading public."―American Historical Review"This story includes Genghis Khan; who sent the Mongols warring into Russia; Ivan the Terrible; who conquered Siberia for Russia; Peter the Great; who supported scientific expeditions and mining enterprises; and Mikhail Gorbachev; whose glasnost policy prompted a new sense of 'Siberian' nationalism. It is also the story of millions of souls who themselves were conquered by Siberia. . . . Vast riches and great misery; often intertwined; mark this region."―The Wall Street JournalStretching from the Urals to the Arctic Ocean to China; Siberia is so vast that the continental United States and Western Europe could be fitted into its borders; with land to spare. Yet; in only six decades; Russian trappers; cossacks; and adventurers crossed this huge territory; beginning in the 1580s a process of conquest that continues to this day. As rich in resources as it was large in size; Siberia brought the Russians a sixth of the world's gold and silver; a fifth of its platinum; a third of its iron; and a quarter of its timber. The conquest of Siberia allowed Russia to build the modern world's largest empire; and Siberia's vast natural wealth continues to play a vital part in determining Russia's place in international affairs.Bleak yet romantic; Siberia's history comes to life in W. Bruce Lincoln's epic telling. The Conquest of a Continent; first published in 1993; stands as the most comprehensive and vivid account of the Russians in Siberia; from their first victories over the Mongol Khans to the environmental degradation of the twentieth century. Dynasties of incomparable wealth; such as the Stroganovs; figure into the story; as do explorers; natives; gold seekers; and the thousands of men and women sentenced to penal servitude or forced labor in Russia's great wilderness prisonhouse.