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Strolling About on the Roof of the World

The First Hundred Years of the Royal Society for Asian

Strolling About on the Roof of the World
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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 the 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.
RoutledgeCurzon; November 2002
256 pages; ISBN 9780203222935
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ISBNs
9781134426690
9781134426683
9780415298575
9780203222935
0203222938