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On the Shores of the Caspian: Commerce and Culture in Nineteenth Century Persia

On the Shores of the Caspian: Commerce and Culture in Nineteenth Century Persia

Holmes, William Richard
Rossabi, Morris

Hardcover

Travel WritingEastern EuropeGeneral Asia

ISBN10: 1784531510
ISBN13: 9781784531515
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Published: Jul 25 2019
Pages: 440
Weight: 1.80
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Sketches on the Shores of the Caspian is the product of the author's journey through the Caspian region as part of an expedition headed by his cousin James Brant, the British Consul at Erzeroum. Holmes provides a wonderfully intimate portrait of the country. Written in a very accessible style it nonetheless provides a wealth of detail on the towns, the climate, trade, military, people and culture as well as valuable information on the Russian presence in the region at the time. This very scarce volume is here published with a new Introduction by leading scholar of Asia, Morris Rossabi, Professor of Inner Asian History, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University and Distinguished Professor of History, Queens College, The City University of New York.

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