Macartney at Kashgar
New Light on British, Chinese and Russian Activities in Sinkiang, 1890-1918| By: | Pamela Nightingale; C.P. Skrine |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781138980143 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781136576164 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 1973 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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.