Gillian long editors (3 resultados)

8vo, pp. x, 317, [1]; text illustrations; purple paper wrappers; fine. Toronto Studies in Central and Inner Asia, No. 8. "This volume focuses on trade not as a prelude to war, but as an important economic mode of the Central and Inner Asian societies, and above all, as a way of interaction with the surrounding sedentary societies and cultures: China, India, the Middle East, Russia and many others, in ancient history, in colonial modernity, and today.".…

8vo, pp. xii, 403, [1]; text illustrations, green printed paper wrappers; fine. Toronto Studies in Central and Inner Asia Vol. 6. "The papers in this volume, many by new and native scholars from Central Asia, provide important insights into the histories of cultures of Central and Inner Asia, from imperial, colonial and socialist eras to post-socialist/colonial conditions. We learn about pan-Islamic or pan-Turkic movements, efforts to build civic institutions, and how people are trying to rebuild their lives and communities in the face of seemingly-insurmountable obstacles.".…

8vo, pp. ix, [1], 266, [2]; text illustrations and maps; pictorial paper wrappers; fine. Papers presented at the Central and Inner Asia Seminar, University of Toronto, May 15-16, 2007. Sections include the natural landscape, the historical landscape, the spiritual landscape, and the economic landscape.…