The struggle for Persia / / Donald Stuart

• Autore: Stuart Donald
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2011, c1902
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 915.5044
• Soggetto topico: Eastern question (Central Asia)
• Soggetto geografico: Iran Civilization
• Note generali: First published in 1902 by Methuen & Co.
• Nota di contenuto: THE STRUGGLE FOR PERSIA; Copyright; THE STRUGGLE FOR PERSIA; Copyright; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I: ""EASTWARD H O ! ""; CHAPTER II: ODESSA AND THE CRIMEA; CHAPTER III: THE BLACK SEA (AFOU, SUCHUM, ETC.); CHAPTER IV: BATOUM (THE PLAGUE); CHAPTER V: TIFLIS; CHAPTER VI: FAREWELL CIVILISATION (A RUSSIAN POST HOUSE]; CHAPTER VII: WE JOLT OUR WEARY LENGTH ALONG; CHAPTER VIII: THE LAND OF THE LION AND THE SUN; CHAPTER IX: TAZA-KAND (DREADFUL EXPERIENCES); CHAPTER X: TABRIZ; CHAPTER XI: A DAY'S SHOOTING; CHAPTER XII: A VERMIN DISTRICT; CHAPTER XIII: THE KAFLAN-KUH; CHAPTER XIV: TEHERAN ; CHAPTER XV: TEHERAN-(Continued)CHAPTER XVI: THE PEACOCK THRONE; CHAPTER XVII: THE SHAH'S ARMY; CHAPTER XVIII: THE RUSSIAN OCTOPUS; CHAPTER XIX: RAILWAY ENTERPRISE; CHAPTER XX: How IT ALL CAME ABOUT; CHAPTER XXI: MESHED AND BUSHIRE (TURQUOISE AND PEARL); CHAPTER XXII: WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BRING FORTH; CHAPTER XXIII: THROUGH ""HOLY RUSSIA""; CHAPTER XXIV: ENGLAND TO THE RESCUE
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume is an account of the journey the author made between Eastern Russia (via Tabriz) to Teheran at the turn of the twentieth century. This is not just a travelogue, however, but a lament for the loss of British "prestige" and power in the region to Russia.
• Titolo autorizzato: The struggle for Persia
• ISBN: 1-136-84126-1; 1-280-68460-7; 1-136-84127-X; 9786613661548; 0-203-83315-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910969431103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: Iran