Erika Monahan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1460349 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erika Monahan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erika |
| FAMILY NAME | Monahan |
| SIGNATURE | MONAHAN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Mexico |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-5534-4644 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Russian Review
Reading Remezov’s Maps for the History of Sea Ice
This article presents Semen Remezov’s Chorography (atlas of Siberia) as a source built on an extensive information infrastructure and argues that it may hold potential as a source for environmental history, focusing on the example of ice. Because sea ice is seasonal, scientists rely on historical documentary sources to reconstruct its presence in the past. The portrayal of coastal ice in this atlas may lend itself to a partial reconstruction of t…
Mapping for Travel and Conquest, Revealing Nature
This article argues that, while a variety of state priorities manifest in Remezov’s maps, it was the priority of communicating information relevant for travel that accounts for the wealth of details regarding the environment that are recorded in the atlas. This article posits a further assertion: despite the remoteness of the mapped area, the primitiveness of the techniques used, and the methodological skepticism required in reading maps, Remezov…
The Life of Permafrost
Journal Article The Life of Permafrost: A History of Frozen Earth in Russian and Soviet Science, by Pey-Yi Chu Get access The Life of Permafrost: A History of Frozen Earth in Russian and Soviet Science, by Pey-Yi Chu (Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 2020; pp. 304. $75). Erika Monahan Erika Monahan University of Cologne, Cologne, NRW, Germany [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The En…
Spies and Scholars
Journal Article Spies and Scholars: Chinese Secrets and Imperial Russia’s Quest for World Power, by Gregory Afinogenov Get access Spies and Scholars: Chinese Secrets and Imperial Russia’s Quest for World Power, by Gregory Afinogenov (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020; pp. 367. £36.95). Erika Monahan Erika Monahan University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: …
Postscript
Moving Pictures
After briefly exploring various conceptions of the Europe-Asia divide, the paper observes how one panoramic image of Tobol’sk – a Russian town in the heart of Eurasia – traveled through several early modern manuscripts. While it is well known that the Dutchman Nicolas Witsen had a hand in the production of the western European texts that featured the Tobol’sk panorama and that the Tobol’sk panorama Witsen reproduced was a copy of one by the Siber…
Ryan Tucker Jones. Empire of Extinction
In Empire of Extinction: Russians and the North Pacific’s Strange Beasts of the Sea, 1741–1867, Ryan Tucker Jones mines known accounts of late-Enlightenment figures involved in Northern Pacific exploration to produce a fresh interpretation of Russia’s empire building in the North Pacific that sits at the intersection of imperial and environmental history. Jones argues that exploration in the North Pacific marks an important moment in the developm…
The Merchants of Siberia
In The Merchants of Siberia, Erika Monahan reconsiders commerce in early modern Russia by reconstructing the trading world of Siberia and the careers of merchants who traded there. She follows the histories of three merchant families from various social ranks who conducted trade in Siberia for well over a century. These include the Filat'evs, who were among Russia's most illustrious merchant elite; the Shababins, Muslim immigrants who mastered lo…
Moderniser of Russia
History told through individuals’ lives has undergone a Renaissance in Russian history. This study of Andrei Andreevich Vinius (1641–1716), of Dutch heritage, who moved to Russia as a child and spent his career as an Orthodox subject in tsarist service, is a welcome addition to that genre. This monograph, the first English-language biography of Vinius, is based on published sources and secondary scholarship. Kees Boterbloem draws heavily on lesse…
The Merchants of Siberia
In The Merchants of Siberia, Erika Monahan reconsiders commerce in early modern Russia by reconstructing the trading world of Siberia and the careers of merchants who traded there. She follows the histories of three merchant families from various social ranks who conducted trade in Siberia for well over a century. These include the Filat'evs, who were among Russia's most illustrious merchant elite; the Shababins, Muslim immigrants who mastered lo…
Moderniser of Russia
History told through individuals’ lives has undergone a Renaissance in Russian history. This study of Andrei Andreevich Vinius (1641–1716), of Dutch heritage, who moved to Russia as a child and spent his career as an Orthodox subject in tsarist service, is a welcome addition to that genre. This monograph, the first English-language biography of Vinius, is based on published sources and secondary scholarship. Kees Boterbloem draws heavily on lesse…
Ryan Tucker Jones. Empire of Extinction
In Empire of Extinction: Russians and the North Pacific’s Strange Beasts of the Sea, 1741–1867, Ryan Tucker Jones mines known accounts of late-Enlightenment figures involved in Northern Pacific exploration to produce a fresh interpretation of Russia’s empire building in the North Pacific that sits at the intersection of imperial and environmental history. Jones argues that exploration in the North Pacific marks an important moment in the developm…
The Merchants of Siberia
In The Merchants of Siberia, Erika Monahan reconsiders commerce in early modern Russia by reconstructing the trading world of Siberia and the careers of merchants who traded there. She follows the histories of three merchant families from various social ranks who conducted trade in Siberia for well over a century. These include the Filat'evs, who were among Russia's most illustrious merchant elite; the Shababins, Muslim immigrants who mastered lo…
Moving Pictures
After briefly exploring various conceptions of the Europe-Asia divide, the paper observes how one panoramic image of Tobol’sk – a Russian town in the heart of Eurasia – traveled through several early modern manuscripts. While it is well known that the Dutchman Nicolas Witsen had a hand in the production of the western European texts that featured the Tobol’sk panorama and that the Tobol’sk panorama Witsen reproduced was a copy of one by the Siber…
Postscript
The Life of Permafrost
Journal Article The Life of Permafrost: A History of Frozen Earth in Russian and Soviet Science, by Pey-Yi Chu Get access The Life of Permafrost: A History of Frozen Earth in Russian and Soviet Science, by Pey-Yi Chu (Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 2020; pp. 304. $75). Erika Monahan Erika Monahan University of Cologne, Cologne, NRW, Germany [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The En…
Spies and Scholars
Journal Article Spies and Scholars: Chinese Secrets and Imperial Russia’s Quest for World Power, by Gregory Afinogenov Get access Spies and Scholars: Chinese Secrets and Imperial Russia’s Quest for World Power, by Gregory Afinogenov (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020; pp. 367. £36.95). Erika Monahan Erika Monahan University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: …
The Russian Review
Reading Remezov’s Maps for the History of Sea Ice
This article presents Semen Remezov’s Chorography (atlas of Siberia) as a source built on an extensive information infrastructure and argues that it may hold potential as a source for environmental history, focusing on the example of ice. Because sea ice is seasonal, scientists rely on historical documentary sources to reconstruct its presence in the past. The portrayal of coastal ice in this atlas may lend itself to a partial reconstruction of t…
Mapping for Travel and Conquest, Revealing Nature
This article argues that, while a variety of state priorities manifest in Remezov’s maps, it was the priority of communicating information relevant for travel that accounts for the wealth of details regarding the environment that are recorded in the atlas. This article posits a further assertion: despite the remoteness of the mapped area, the primitiveness of the techniques used, and the methodological skepticism required in reading maps, Remezov…
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