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

Nightingale, Pamela/ Skrine, C.P.

Routledge（2016/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 304 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781138980143
• DDC分類 951.025

Full 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.

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