John Keay
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The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named
A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the …
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India Discovered: The Recovery of a Lost Civilization
Two hundred years ago, India was seen as a place with little history and less culture.Today it is revered for a notable prehistory, a magnificent clas…
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A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the …
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Mad About the Mekong: Exploration and Empire in South East Asia
The story of both a dramatic journey retracing the historic voyage of France’s greatest 19th-century explorer up the mysterious Mekong river, and a po…
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India: A History
The first single-volume history of India since the 1950s, combining narrative pace and skill with social, economic and cultural analysis. Five millenn…
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The Honourable Company
A history of the English East India company.During 200 years the East India Company grew from a loose association of Elizabethan tradesmen into «the g…
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India Discovered: The Recovery of a Lost Civilization
Two hundred years ago, India was seen as a place with little history and less culture.Today it is revered for a notable prehistory, a magnificent clas…
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Midnight’s Descendants: South Asia from Partition to the Present Day
If British India had not been partitioned in 1947, its population would today be comfortably the world’s largest. At c1.5 billion, Midnight’s Descenda…
ПодробнееIndia: A History
The first single-volume history of India since the 1950s, combining narrative pace and skill with social, economic and cultural analysis. Five millenn…
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China: A History
An accessible, authoritative single-volume narrative history of China, from the earliest times to the present day, designed both to engage the general…
ПодробнееChina: A History
An accessible, authoritative single-volume narrative history of China, from the earliest times to the present day, designed both to engage the general…
ПодробнееMad About the Mekong: Exploration and Empire in South East Asia
The story of both a dramatic journey retracing the historic voyage of France’s greatest 19th-century explorer up the mysterious Mekong river, and a po…
ПодробнееMidnight’s Descendants: South Asia from Partition to the Present Day
If British India had not been partitioned in 1947, its population would today be comfortably the world’s largest. At c1.5 billion, Midnight’s Descenda…
ПодробнееThe Honourable Company
A history of the English East India company.During 200 years the East India Company grew from a loose association of Elizabethan tradesmen into «the g…
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