Asie centrale

Empires of the Weak: The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World Order

8vo, br. ed. 198pp. What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology, tactics, and institutions forged by Darwinian military competition gave Europeans a decisive advantage in war over other civilizations from 1500 onward. In contrast, Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans actually had no general military superiority in the early modern era. J. C. Sharman shows instead that European expansion from the late fifteenth to the late eighteenth centuries is better explained by deference to strong Asian and African polities, disease in the Americas, and maritime supremacy earned by default because local land-oriented polities were largely indifferent to war and trade at sea. Europeans were overawed by the mighty Eastern empires of the day, which pioneered key military innovations and were the greatest early modern conquerors. Against the view that the Europeans won for all time, Sharman contends that the imperialism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a relatively transient and anomalous development in world politics that concluded with Western losses in various insurgencies. If the twenty-first century is to be dominated by non-Western powers like China, this represents a return to the norm for the modern era. Bringing a revisionist perspective to the idea that Europe ruled the world due to military dominance, Empires of the Weak demonstrates that the rise of the West was an exception in the prevailing world order.

ECOLOGY OF CENTRAL ASIAN PASTORALISM

1st ed. 8vo. Printed wraps. 24 pp. Very Good,. stapled offprint from the Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, Volume II, number 4, Winter, 1955.

East of Kashgar. a Story of Secret Service in Asia

pbk, pp. 160, vg.

Drevnie obrjady verovanija i kul'ty narodov Srednej Azii: Istoriko-etnograficheskie ocerki [= "Ancient rites and beliefs in the cultures of the peoples of Central-Asia. Historical-ethnographical essays"]

205 + [3] pp., softcover, 22cm., text in Russian in Cyrillic script, Good condition, OCLC 299899463, X77534

Dedem Korkudun kitabi.

As New As New English Original bdg with original dust wrapper. Mint. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 1392 p. Very heavy volume. A comprehensive and full text translation of Dede Korkut Book. Dedem Korkudun kitabi.

CARAVANE VERS BOUDDHA, UN FRANCAIS A TRAVERS LA HAUTE-ASIE MYSTIQUE

Amiot-Dumont. 1954. In-8 Carré. Broché, Jaquette. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur bon état. 228 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc (héliogravées) hors texte. Jaquette d'origine illustrée en noir et blanc, légèrement passée. Etiquette annotée sur le dos. Tampons et annotation en page de titre. 'Bibliothèque des voyages'. Préface d'A. David-Neel.

Bobs Kipling's General; The Life of Field Marshall Earl Roberts of Kandahar

1st Edition. 263 pages, B & W photos, maps. Roberts served for forty-one years in India.

Avanzo Di Allah Cuore Del Mondo. Il Romanzo Dell'afghanistan

ASIE CENTRALE / COLLECTION "ARCHAELOGIA MUNDI

NAGEL. VERS 1968. In-8 Carré. Relié, Jaquette. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 258 pages augmentées de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc et e ncouleur dans et hors texte. Jaquette en bon etat. + 1 mini catalogue de NAGEL.

AFGHANISTAN. ROYAUME D ASIE CENTRALE.

FOT.. Non daté. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos frotté. Intérieur acceptable. 129 pages. Nombreuses photos en noir et blanc et en couleurs dans le texte et hors texte. Envoi de l'auteur ( ? ) . Etiquette de classement sur le dos de l'ouvrage.

Afghanistan : The First Faultline War

pp. 194, Biblio., HardBound in dj, Size 23cm ISBN: 1897829493

A TRAVERS L'ASIE CENTRALE, LA STEPPE KIRGHIZE, LE TURKESTAN RUSSE, BOUKHARA, KHIVA, LE PAYS DES TURCOMANS ET LA PERSE, IMPRESSIONS DE VOYAGE

Plon. Non daté. In-4 Carré. Relié demi-cuir. Etat d'usage. Couv. convenable. Dos à nerfs. Quelques rousseurs. 463 pages. Gravure en noir et blanc hors texte. Illustré de nombreuses gravures en noir et blanc dans et hors texte, et d'une carte dépliable en couleur en fin d'ouvrage. Auteur, titre, fleurons, filets et roulettes dorés sur le dos. Reliure signée (M.J.). Ouvrage de bibliothèque avec code collé sur le dos, annotation et petits tampons en page de titre. Mors fendus. Ouvrage orné de plus de 170 gravures, dont 117 dessins de M. E. Van Muyden et 16 héliotypies. Avec une carte itinéraire du voyage à travers l'Asie Mineure.

A Naturalist in Himalaya. IN FULL MOROCCO

8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text, title lightly age-soiled; handsomely bound in full burgundy morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, uncut, laid endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.

A Journey From Bengal To England: Through The Northern Part Of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan And Persia And Into Russia By The Caspian Sea: 1782-84 in 2 Volumes

8vo, 2 volumes hardcover in dj. xiv, 313, 296 pages, folding map. George Forster`s journey from Bengal to England during 1782-84. He travelled from India through Kashmir, Afghanistan, Persia, by the Caspian Sea to Russia, from Petersburg finally he took a ship to England, visiting and describing amongst other the cities of Calcutta, Murshidabad, Patna, Benares, Allahabad Lucknow, Bareilly, Moradabad, Bilaspur, Nurpur, Jummu, Jalalabad, Kabul, Ghazni, Khandhar, Herat, Astrakhan and Moscow. He has also devoted chapters to Hindu Mythology, Brief Histories of Rohillas, Shujah-ud-daulah, and the Sikhs. Printed Pages: 625

A Connected History of Early Egypt, Babylonia and Central Asia. An Original Co-Ordination of the Evidences by modern Methods of Graphical Analysis and Narrative Sequence. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY WITH A.L.s

Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with large foldin map as frontispiece, 30 large folding charts and numerous tables in the text; black cloth, gilt back, uncut, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. A T.L. on author's business stationery to the named recipient, ANNOTATED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, is loosely inserted. PROBABLY A UNIQUE COPY OF A VERY SCARCE WORK.

A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature

8vo, pp. xix+411 original orange cloth binding with gilt lettering and design, bright device in front, worn on spine, ex-libris Minnestota Hstorical Society, ow. internally very good.