UID:
edocfu_9959237619302883
Format:
1 online resource (256 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-42668-2
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1-138-37663-9
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1-134-42669-0
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1-280-18063-3
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0-203-22293-8
Content:
This book covers the first one hundred years of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, formerly the Royal Central Asian Society. It is generously illustrated and includes some of the Society's previously unpublished archival photographs.
Note:
Map on lining papers.
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Illustrations Foreword Lord Hurd of Westwell Acknowledgements Introduction Part I The Chronology 1. Genesis, Birth and Consolidation 1901-1907 2. The Years of Struggle 1908-1919 3. From Lean Years to Golden Years 1920-1939 4. From Empire and back to Trade 1940-1959 5. Settling to a Balance 1960-2001 Part II The Membership 6. The Membership 7. The Junior Membership Part III The Activities 8. The Journal 9. The Library 10. The Archives 11. The Dinner Club 12. A Role in Education 13. The Tours 14. The Lawrence of Arabia Memorial Medal 15. The Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal and other Society Awards Epilogue Annex of Office Holders Notes Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-29857-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-203-29806-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203222935
