Macartney at Kashgar : new light on British, Chinese and Russian activities in Sinkiang, 1890-1918
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Macartney at Kashgar : new light on British, Chinese and Russian activities in Sinkiang, 1890-1918
（China : history, philosophy, economics, 27）
Routledge, 2005
Reprinted [ed]
- : hbk
Available at 3 libraries
Note
Originally published in 1973
Map on lining papers
Includes bibliographical reference (p. 265-267) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 manoeuvres by the key players trying to establish a sphere of influence in China's strategically vital hinterland before and during the Chinese revolution.
Table of Contents
- Introduction by Sir Clarmont Skrine
- one: Travellers to Kashgar
- two: Rival Empires
- three: The Opening Moves
- four: Assault on the Pamirs
- five: The Pamir Settlement
- six: The Struggle to Survive
- seven: The Russian Ascendancy
- eight: The Move into Sarikol
- nine: Diplomatic Adjustments
- ten: Recognition and Reforms
- eleven: Revolution in Kashgar
- twelve: The Chira Crisis
- thirteen: The Contest for Sinkiang
- fourteen: The New Regime
- fifteen: War and Counter-Intelligence
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