Macartney at Kashgar : New Light on British, Chinese and Russian Activities in Sinkiang, 1890-1918.

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.
Subjects:
Macartney, George, > Sir, > 1867-1945.
Macartney, George, > Sir, > 1867-1945
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) > History.
China > Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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