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Central Asia: Through Writers' Eyes
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Central Asia: Through Writers' Eyes
Contributors:
By (Author) Kathleen Hopkirk
Publisher:
Eland Publishing Ltd
Imprint:
Eland Publishing Ltd
Publication Date:
3rd March 2014
UK Publication Date:
9th January 2014
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
915.804
Physical Properties
Number of Pages:
256
Dimensions:
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Description
Between these covers, the millennia ofmercantile and cultural exchange along the Silk Route are celebrated bytravellers and writers from Marco Polo to Sven Hedin, from William of Rubrickto Ella Maillart. Kathleen Hopkirk hasspent a lifetime researching this vital heartland, traversed by five, inhospitabledeserts but united by ancient chains of trading oases: from the Buddhist Empireof Kushan, to the scholarly Islamic centre at Bukhara.
