Pivot Of Asia: Sinkiang and the inner Asian frontiers of China and Russia

by Owen Lattimore

history

Genres: China, History

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1950

About the author

Owen Lattimore was an American author, educator, and influential scholar of China and Central Asia, especially Mongolia. From 1963 to 1970, Lattimore was the first Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Leeds in England, where he taught Chinese History, richly flavoured with personal reminiscences.