Search Results: Nomads and Commissars by Owen Lattimore

Oxford University Press, 1962. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press. Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1962. Hardcover. Sm 8vo., 238 PP. .

Oxford, 1962. VG / VG. Hardcover in a very good dust jacket with a small scuff at the spine's base partially obscuring thye puiblisher's name / Mongolia revisited

Paperback / softback. New.

Oxford University Press, 1962. 1st US ed VG in G dw. Lattimore had visited Mongolia in the 1920's, he went back in 1961 to see how things has changed under Communism and Russian influence

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Hassell Street Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor

Hardback. New.

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hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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New York 1962, Oxford. Yellow cloth, very good, 237p., end- paper maps, 15 b.w. photos, dj., index, 13 x 21 cm. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION A lively description of present-day Mongolia combined with historical material. Beginning with a geographical descrip- tion, the author narrates Mongolian history, both political & economic. He explains how and why Marxism succeeded in a country of nomads with almost no industry, capitalists, or middle class. His chapter on the revolution focuses on the partisan leaders, Sukebator and Choibalsang. The account of Mongolia's past and present relations with Russia & China is especially timely in view of the difficulties being exper- ienced between those two countries. * Lattimore was a well-respected scholar who was fluent in both Chinese and Mongolian. No small feat at the time. He was also well-underwritten by some of the most famous institutions who sponsored his research and Central Asian travels. His books are authoritative, fascinating and give keen… Read More

New York 1962, Oxford. Yellow cloth, very good, 237p., end- paper maps, 15 b.w. photos, index, 13 x 21 cm. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION A lively description of present-day Mongolia combined with historical material. Beginning with a geographical descrip- tion, the author narrates Mongolian history, both political & economic. He explains how and why Marxism succeeded in a country of nomads with almost no industry, capitalists, or middle class. His chapter on the revolution focuses on the partisan leaders, Sukebator and Choibalsang. The account of Mongolia's past and present relations with Russia & China is especially timely in view of the difficulties being exper- ienced between those two countries. * Lattimore was a well-respected scholar who was fluent in both Chinese and Mongolian. No small feat at the time. He was also well-underwritten by some of the most famous institutions who sponsored his research and Central Asian travels. His books are authoritative, fascinating and give keen insights… Read More