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TURKISTAN: Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Kohokand, Bukhara, and Kuldj
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TURKISTAN: Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Kohokand, Bukhara, and Kuldj -

by SCHUYLER, Eugene

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New York 1877, Scribner. Brown cloth, gold & black stamping, two vols., 411+463p., 21 b.w. photos, 18 illus., 2 color folding maps, very good, minor wear to head & tail of spine, one other map. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION S C A R C E The chief aim of is to convey the results of the author's study of the political and social conditions of the regions recently annexed by Russia. It is also a comparison of the inhabitants living under Russian rule between those living under despotism of the Khans. This is the narrow interpreta- tion.In a more broad concept, it is a contemporary view of Central Asia, the Steppe, Syr Darya, Tashkent, Mussulman life, bazaars, trade, Samarkand, Zarafshan valley, Hodjent, Kurama, Khokand, Bukhara, Issyk Kul, Semiretch, Kuldja and the Russian foreign policy in Asia, their administration, Khivan campaign and its consequences.With appendices to sup- port his study. Excellent primary source, well illustrated. Yakushi S99. "Monumental...a classic on the subject." Curzon Schuyler was an American diplomat who made a lengthy tour of the Tsar's domainions in Central Asia. Not published in Ame- rica until the following year. Nerhood 313. Scans can be sent by email. .
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