Edward Denison Ross: 2 books
The Heart of Asia
A History of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the Earliest Times
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
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...
by Edward Denison Ross
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
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. “That eternal struggle between East and West,” to quote Sir William Hunter’s apt phrase, has made Russia...