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Macartney at Kashgar : new light on British, Chinese and Russian activities in Sinkiang : 1890-1918 /

First published in 1973. 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. Macartney was in a unique position to observe political and diplomatic manoe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Skrine, C. P.
Otros Autores: Nightingale, Pamela
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 2005.
Colección:China, history, philosophy, economics ; 27.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.