William Richard Holmes

On the Shores of the Caspian

Commerce and Culture in Nineteenth Century Persia

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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… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-83860-895-8
EAN: 9781838608958
Produktnummer: 31931779
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 440 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 35'009 KB

Über den Autor

William Richard Holmes (1822-1882) was appointed to the British Consulate in Turkey, Samsoon and Bosnia and eventually knighted in 1877 for his services to the crown.