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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Main Author: Nightingale, Pamela
Other Authors: Skrine, C. P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
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