Stock ID #224497 Turkestan Tumult. AITCHEN K. WU.

Turkestan Tumult.

Hong Kong. Oxford University Press. 1984. Stock ID #224497

Endpaper maps and 16 black and white photographic illustrations. xiii+379pp plus 2 pages publisher's adverts. Paperback, covers faintly creased, prior owner bookplate on the half-title, edges faintly marked but a nice clean copy. 21.5 x 14cm.

The author was posted to Sinkiang (Xinjang ) as a promising official of the Kuomintang party in 1932. His brief was to impose the authority of the central government upon the recalcitrant region. For the next few years he played a crucial role in negotiating between various warring factions whose struggle for power has brought political chaos to the province. This facsimile edition is an account of those years.

When referring to this item please quote stockid 224497.

Price: $45.00 AU

other currencies

See all items in All Galleries, Secondhand
See all items by