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Strolling about on the roof of the world : the first hundred years of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs (formerly Royal Central Asian Society) / Hugh Leach with Susan Maria Farrington.
LIBRA DS1 .L35 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leach, Hugh, 1934-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Royal Central Asian Society--History.
- Royal Central Asian Society.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 229 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
- Summary:
- This volume covers the first one hundred years of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, formerly the Royal Central Asian Society. It traces its "fons et origo" in the Central Asian Question, within the context of the 'Great Game', and continues its fascinating chronology through the two World Wars to the present day. There are separate chapters on its widely drawn membership, variety of activities and archive collection. Throughout its pages are glimpses and vignettes of some of its extraordinary, even eccentric, members and their astonishing adventures. The wealth of factual, and often amusing, detail makes it a very lively account, which is also valuable as a work of reference for all interested in Asia. The book is generously illustrated and includes some of the Society's unique archival photographs not previously published.
- Notes:
- Map on lining papers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-211) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415298571
- OCLC:
- 50291209
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