HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1989.* Pub: I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Bright red cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine & to black spine label and none to face. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: B/w photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing a tribal marksman covering a road through the mountains. Black and white titles to spine and face. Some label damage to spine. Otherwise no visible faults. Not price clipped but showing no shelf price. VG+.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (grey). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with very light reading wear. Pencil name inscribed to ffep. Some annotation marks to text & index , no tanning or other visible faults. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 233 pp. text. liii pp. notes, bibliography, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: This book looks at how land routes in some of the most inaccessible parts of Central Asia have influenced both regional and internal politics, state security and economic development across a huge swathe of territory from Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Pakistan, to the Soviet Union and China. The author offers insights into the subtle and complex interrelationship between geography, technology and the evolution of political interests and national identity. This is a book that breaks new ground and is highly topical in today's international climate.* A NEAR VG+ copy of the 1st./1st. with some annotations. A VG+ dust jacket now in a clear un-attached protective wrapper.* 1989-12-31.

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Title

Roads and Rivals: Politics of Access in the Borderlands of Asia

Publisher

I.B. Tauris

Publication Date

1989

Language

English

ISBN 10

1850431450

ISBN 13

9781850431459

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

y 1st Edn, 1st. Imp.

Condition

VG/F/F

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