Foreign devils on the Silk Road
the search for the lost cities and treasures of Chinese Central Asia
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Publication
1984 - University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
63,000 words, Guess
Page Count
252 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3181437M
- ISBN-100870234358
- OCLC Control Number10207988
- OCLC Control Numberisbn_9780870234354
- Library of Congress Control Number83024092
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- Goodreads149749
- LibraryThing74125
Classifications
- DDC951/.6
- LCCDS793.S62 H66 1984
Description
"In the 1950's one of the most commonly-asked questions in America was, Who Lost China? Well, comfortable as it might have been to pin the blame upon 'fellow travelers' or suchlike, the real answer may involve such names as Sven Hedin, Aurel Stein, von Le Coq, and Langdon Warner. And who, pray, were they? Merely individuals who in the name of science plundered China as the generals and merchants never dreamed of doing. Gold and silk could be replaced; a nation's history could not. Peter Hopkirk has told a sad tale with remarkable compassion." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review).
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