Author : Alexander Michie
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 10,89 MB
Release : 2022-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3752585676
Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.
Author : Alexander Michie
Publisher : London : J. Murray
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 30,91 MB
Release : 1864
Category : Asia, Central
ISBN :
Author : Alexander Michie
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 18,5 MB
Release : 2023-10-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :
In Alexander Michie's 'The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg', the reader is taken on a fascinating journey along the historic route that connected the two great cities. Michie's detailed account not only provides a vivid depiction of the landscapes and cultures encountered along the way, but also delves into the geopolitical significance of this route during the 19th century. Written in a precise and informative style, the book offers valuable insights into the challenges faced by travelers on this harsh and arduous passage. Michie's work stands out as a valuable historical resource, shedding light on a lesser-known aspect of international travel and trade during this period. His meticulous research and engaging narrative make this book a compelling read for anyone interested in the history of cross-continental travel and diplomacy.
Author : Alexander Michie
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 30,11 MB
Release : 2022-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3752584742
Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.
Author : Donald Treadgold
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 21,77 MB
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1400877644
What were the causes, characteristics, and effects of the great flood of migration over the Ural Mountains into Siberia in the late 19th and 20th centuries? The author studies the background conditions fostering the migration and then the migration itself: its actual course; the establishment of settlements; the legal, political, and economic factors involved. It is the thesis of this book that the Siberian migration was related to other developments in Russian society of late Tsarist times which were tending to break clown legal barriers between social classes and to provide all groups with greater access to economic opportunity. Originally published in 1957. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Henry Lansdell
Publisher :
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 48,5 MB
Release : 1882
Category : Exiles
ISBN :
Author : Róisín Healy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 26,54 MB
Release : 2019-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 042975597X
The "new mobilities paradigm" which emerged at the beginning of the twenty-first century has identified mobility as a process intrinsic to the human experience and fundamental to the formation of social and political structures. This volume breaks new ground by demonstrating the role of the journey as a key motor of human development in Russia, central and east Europe in the modern period. It does so by means of twelve case studies that examine different types of movement, both voluntary and involuntary, temporary and permanent, short- and long-distance, into, out of, and around the region.
Author : Jonathan Chatwin
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 21,81 MB
Release : 2019-07-12
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1526131587
Through the centre of China’s historic capital, Long Peace Street cuts a long, arrow-straight line. It divides the Forbidden City, home to generations of Chinese emperors, from Tiananmen Square, the vast granite square constructed to glorify a New China under Communist rule. To walk the street is to travel through the story of China’s recent past, wandering among its physical relics and hearing echoes of its dramas. Long Peace Street recounts a journey in modern China, a walk of twenty miles across Beijing offering a very personal encounter with the life of the capital’s streets. At the same time, it takes the reader on a journey through the city’s recent history, telling the story of how the present and future of the world’s rising superpower has been shaped by its tumultuous past, from the demise of the last imperial dynasty in 1912 through to the present day.
Author : Herbert Spencer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 38,91 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521437400
This book places Spencer's famous argument for political individualism in his The Man versus the State alongside his early The Proper Sphere of Government, out of which, after due gestation, emerged not only The Man versus the State but also Social Status and his all-embracing theory of evolution. Both are valuable as unyielding statements of anti-state political theory and as sources of perceptive comments on political events of the times. An introduction sets them in their context and examines their main themes. The book will be of interest to both undergraduates and specialists in politics, political theory, social policy, sociology and history.
Author : C R BAWDEN Fba
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 11,93 MB
Release : 2024-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1040229816
First published in 1985, Shamans, Lamas and Evangelicals tells the little known yet fascinating story of a missionary venture to Eastern Siberia in the year 1818. Two missionaries, one English, one Swedish, with the tiresome voyage across the Baltic behind them, set out with their wives to face the daunting prospect of a 3000-mile journey by sledge across the rough snow roads of Siberia in the depths of winter. The mission was unusual in its conception. Established by the London Missionary Society and the backing of the Tsar, Alexander I, its aim was to bring the Christian gospel to the Buryats, and, once that was accomplished, to cross into China, evangelize the Mongols there, and then set about the conversion of the Chinese. The mission failed, but it was nonetheless an extraordinary episode. It is the story of men who first had to learn Russian in order to teach themselves Mongolian, who brought up their families, founded schools, treated the sick, and translated the entire Bible into Mongolian, printing the Old Testament on their own local press. This is an interesting historical reference work for scholars and researchers of Russian history and Mongolian history.
