RLE: China: Macartney at Kashgar: New Light on British, Chinese and Russian Activities in Sinkiang, 1890-1918 (China: History, Philosophy, Economics)
Book Details
Author(s)Pamela Nightingale, C.P. Skrine
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN / ASIN0415361710
ISBN-139780415361712
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
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.
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.
