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The Tea Road:

China and Russia Meet Across the Steppe
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五洲传播出版社, 2003 - Tea trade - 198 pages
  

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This is an excellent book that is a wonderful source of information. Martha Avery does a wonderful job presenting this subject and I will seek out other books written by her. I thought I had a good ... Read full review

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Selected pages

Contents

Foreword
4
The Tea Road Start to Finish
13
Transcontinental Tools of Trade
25
Kalgan
43
Pedlar Wang and a Teatrading Conglomerate on the Steppe
53
Lamas and Lamaseries in the Gobi
69
Crossing the Tuul River at Urga
85
The Manchus Take Mongolia
97
Carving away the Lefthand Khanate from Both Ends
113
Count Sava and the Founding of Kiakhta
121
Spy Posts at the Russian Yards in Beijing
141
Footnotes
149
Glossary
174
Index
185
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The Tea Road: China and Russia meet across the Steppe
The Tea Road: China and Russia meet across the Steppe
Martha Avery
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TitleThe Tea Road: China and Russia Meet Across the Steppe
AuthorMartha Avery
Publisher五洲传播出版社, 2003
ISBN7508503805, 9787508503806
Length198 pages
  
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