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

Free Download Macartney at Kashgar: New Light on British, Chinese and Russian Activities in Sinkiang, 1890-1918 By Nightingale Pam; Pam Nightingale; Pamela Nightingale
2005 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 0415361710 | PDF | 21 MB
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.