Tibet and the British Raj: The Frontier Cadre 1904-1947 (Soas London Studies on South Asia, 14)

By Alex McKay

Book Overview

Despite the popular image of Tibet as a remote and and inaccessible land to which few Europeans ventured, more than 100 British-Indian officials lived and worked there during the years 1904-1947. Following Colonel Younghusband's 1903-1904 mission to Lhasa, these officers and their supporting staff were posted in central and southern Tibet, and, after 1936-1937, at the British Mission Lhasa. Among those who rose to the senior positions there were such famous frontiersmen as Colonel F.M. Bailey, Sir Charles Bell and Hugh Richardson.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700706275
• ISBN13: 9780700706273
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.0"