The Challenge of Central Asia: A Brief Survey of Tibet & Its Borderlands, Mongolia, North‑West Kansu, Chinese Turkistan, and Rus
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This edition is associated with Mildred Cable and a publication year of 1929.
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The Challenge of Central Asia: A Brief Survey of Tibet & Its Borderlands, Mongolia, North‑West Kansu, Chinese Turkistan, and Russian Central Asia
Author: Mildred Cable
Year: 1929
This book offers a sweeping account of early 20th-century Central Asia, focusing on its geography, peoples, religions, and political dynamics. Written by missionary-explorers Mildred Cable and the French sisters, it covers Tibet, Mongolia, Chinese Turkestan (Xinjiang), Russian Central Asia, and the borderlands of northwest China. Drawing from years of firsthand travel and missionary work, the authors describe remote deserts, mountain passes, and nomadic cultures rarely seen by outsiders. The work reflects both a spiritual and geopolitical interest in the region, emphasizing its strategic importance and cultural complexity amid growing foreign influence and internal change during a volatile historical period.
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