1st Edition

The Modern History of Mongolia

By Charles R. Bawden Copyright 2005
520 Pages
by Routledge

520 Pages
by Routledge

520 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 2004. The Mongols are one of the great peoples in the history of High Asia. Their name has been familiar over the whole of the old world for close on eight hundred years. Yet at the most generous estimate it would be anachronistic to speak of a Mongol state, in the modern sense of the word, as existing before the end of 1911. The imperial adventure under Genghis Khan and his... Read more
1 An Introduction to Mongolia 2 The Loss of Mongol Independence 3 Khalkha in the Eighteenth Century 4 Social and Economic Developments in the Nineteenth Century 5 From Autonomy to Revolution, 1911-21 6 First Steps in Revolution, 1921-8 7 The Socialist Fiasco, 1929-32 8 The Destruction of the Old Order, 1932-40 9 Post-War Mongolia: Achievements and Prospects

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Charles R. Bawden