Travelling Through the Eye of History

Name: Travelling Through the Eye of History
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ISBN: 9780500542903

ISBN-10: 0500542902

ISBN-13: 9780500542903

Edition: 2009

Authors: Daniel Schwartz, Daniel Schwartz

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Central Asia is the subject matter of this travelogue by a photographer working in the tradition of the great nineteenth-century explorers. The Silk Road, Transcaspia, the Pamir Highway, the Alai Corridor, the Khyber Pass, the Taklamakhan Desert: this is the magnificent terrain where the geopolitical ambitions of empires have played out. Central Asia is the largest natural fortress on earth, traversed by a few routes that have been used by traders and armies since earliest times and are still today the arteries for those in search of power, profit, or refuge. Warlords, border officials, businessmen, smugglers, and refugees are among those who populate the landscapes depicted here, from…

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 6/23/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 9.10" wide x 9.70" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 3.124
Language: English