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Macartney at Kashgar New Light on British, Chinese and Russian Activities in Sinkiang, 1890-1918 1st Edition

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Full Title

Macartney at Kashgar New Light on British, Chinese and Russian Activities in Sinkiang, 1890-1918 1st Edition

Author(s)

Pamela Nightingale, C.P. Skrine

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781136576164, 9781138980143, 9780415361712, 9781315018928, 9781136576096, 9781136576232

Publisher

Routledge

Format

PDF and EPUB

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.