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'A time when Russia's movements in the East are being watched by
all with such keen interest seems a fitting one for the appearance
of a work dealing with her Central Asian possessions' (from the
original Introduction).
Originally published in 1899, The Heart of Asia is a definitive
history of Central Asia from pre-history to the contemporary
machinations of the Russian empire. The book is valuable not only
because of the quality of the historical work on the early period,
but also because of the unique picture that it gives of
contemporary views on the potential for Anglo-Russian conflict, at
a time when the Russian Empire was Britain's closest rival for
Asian hegemony.
Scholars of modern Russia and Central Asia will find much that
echoes, and indeed drives, more recent events. Includes 34
illustrations and two maps.
Originally published in 1899, The Heart of Asia is a definitive
history of Central Asia from pre-history to the contemporary
machinations of the Russian empire. The book is valuable not only
because of the quality of the historical work on the early period,
but also because of the unique picture that it gives of
contemporary views on the potential for Anglo-Russian conflict, at
a time when the Russian Empire was Britain's closest rival for
Asian hegemony. Scholars of modern Russia and Central Asia will
find much that echoes, and indeed drives, more recent events.
Includes 34 illustrations and two maps.
First published in 1915, as the third edition of a 1903 original,
this book forms part of the Cambridge Historical Series. The text
provides a comprehensive account of Russian development during the
nineteenth century, beginning with a discussion of Russia in 1815
and moving through to the beginning of the reign of Nicholas II.
The general view put forward is that 'Given a people with a
colonising instinct and schooled by their environment to endure and
conquer; given an absolute power with its roots set deeply in vital
religion; and modern Russia is the inevitable result.' A detailed
bibliography is also included. This book will be of value to anyone
with an interest in historiography and perspectives on Russian
history.
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