Format:
Online-Ressource (305 p)
ISBN:
9780415361712
Content:
First published in 1973.〈BR〉 This book describes the career of Sir George Macartney, who spent twenty-eight years at the turn of the nineteenth century as British representative in Sinkiang, China's most westerly province.〈BR〉 Macartney was in a unique position to observe political and diplomatic manoeuvres by the key players trying to establish a sphere of influence in China's strategically vital hinterland before and during the Chinese revolution
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction by Sir Clarmont Skrine; 1 Travellers to Kashgar; 2 Rival Empires; 3 The Opening Moves; 4 Assault on the Pamirs; 5 The Pamir Settlement; 6 The Struggle to Survive; 7 The Russian Ascendancy; 8 The Move into Sarikol; 9 Diplomatic Adjustments; 10 Recognition and Reforms; 11 Revolution in Kashgar; 12 The Chira Crisis; 13 The Contest for Sinkiang; 14 The New Regime; 15 War and Counter-Intelligence; Bibliography; Subject Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781136576164
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415361712
Additional Edition:
Print version Macartney at Kashgar : New Light on British, Chinese and Russian Activities in Sinkiang, 1890-1918
Language:
English
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