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BL
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959181
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b713551
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| Main Entry
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Leach, Hugh,1934-
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| Title & Author
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Strolling about on the roof of the world : : the first hundred years of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs (formerly Royal Central Asian Society) /\ Hugh Leach with Susan Maria Farrington.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: RoutledgeCurzon,, 2003.
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1 online resource (xxv, 229 pages) :: illustrations, map
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| ISBN
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0203222938
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: 0415298571
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: 1134426690
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: 1138376639
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: 1280180633
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: 6610180636
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: 9780203222935
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: 9780415298575
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: 9781134426690
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: 9781138376632
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: 9781280180637
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: 9786610180639
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0415298571
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-211) and index.
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| Contents
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Part Part One m THE CHRONOLOGY -- chapter I GENESIS, BIRTH AND CONSOLIDATION 1901-1907 -- chapter II THE YEARS OF STRUGGLE 1908-1919 -- chapter III FROM LEAN YEARS TO GOLDEN YEARS 1920-1939 -- chapter IV FROM EMPIRE AND BACK TO TRADE 1940-1959 -- chapter V SETTLING TO A BALANCE 1960-2001 -- part Part Two m THE MEMBERSHIP -- chapter VI THE MEMBERSHIP -- chapter VII THE JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP -- part Part Three m THE ACTIVITIES -- chapter VIII THE JOURNAL -- chapter IX THE LIBRARY -- chapter X THE ARCHIVES -- chapter XI THE DINNER CLUB -- chapter XII A ROLE IN EDUCATION -- chapter XIII THE TOURS -- chapter XIV THE LAWRENCE OF ARABIA MEMORIAL MEDAL -- chapter XV THE SIR PERCY SYKES MEMORIAL MEDAL AND OTHER SOCIETY AWARDS.
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| Abstract
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This book covers the first one hundred years of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, formerly the Royal Central Asian Society. It is generously illustrated and includes some of the Society's previously unpublished archival photographs.
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Royal Central Asian Society-- History.
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Royal Central Asian Society.
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History Archaeology.
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HISTORY-- General.
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HISTORY.
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Middle East.
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Regions Countries - Asia the Middle East.
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| Dewey Classification
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958/.006/041
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| LC Classification
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DS1.L35 2003eb
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| NLM classification
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15.70bcl
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| Added Entry
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Farrington, Susan Maria,1949-
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