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aeer-946	Scott, Erik R.	The Captive and the Gift: Cultural Histories of Sovereignty in Russia and the Caucasus. By Bruce Grant. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2009. xxi, 188 pp. Glossary. References. Index. Paper.	2010	3	.htm	application/pdf	1020	49	39	In his view, Russian captivity narratives were not simply the product of Russia’s literary imagination. In the terms of this dialogue, Russian imperial sovereignty was presented as a “gift of empire,” albeit one that inhabitants of the Caucasus were forced to accept and obligated to offer resources, both real and symbolic, in return (157).	cache/aeer-946.htm	txt/aeer-946.txt