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George Nathaniel Curzon: Collected Writings

Collection 1: Asian Travels

Edited by Martin Ewans

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George Nathaniel Curzon was a man of considerable intellect and ambition, combined with a degree of energy and application which were all the more remarkable given that he suffered throughout his life from a spinal deformity which gave him continuous pain and often incapacitated him. His correspondence was prodigious and his output of books, articles and speeches extensive, while the official documents that he produced reveal his close attention to even minor aspects of his responsibilities. Some of his speeches and articles were concerned with British political affairs, and other articles and books dealt with his interest in the conservation and restoration of buildings. The majority, however, stemmed from his global travels and his time as Viceroy of India. His travel writings were notable not just as travelogues, but also for the political, commercial and economic commentaries and analysis that they contained. Sir Martin Ewans has agreed to edit a selection of these writings for Routledge in a five-volume set, bringing his personal experience as a diplomat and acknowledged expert on Central Asian affairs to this comprehensive collection of the works of Curzon that will prove an invaluable research resource for the future.

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Introduction Part 1 1a. Russia in Central Asia 1b. Visit to Bokhara the Noble Part 2. The Pamirs and the Source of the Oxus Volume 2: Persia and the Persian Question (Volume I) Volume 3: Persia and the Persian Question (Volume 2) Volume 4: Problems of the Far East Volume 5: Part 1. South-East Asia 1a. Journeys in French Indo-China 1b. Politics and Progress in Siam 1c. The Siamese Boundary Question 1d. England and France in Siam Part 2. The Indian Frontier 2a. On The Indian Frontier 2b. The ‘Scientific Frontier’, an Accomplished Fact 2c. The Fluctuating Frontier of Russia in Asia 2d. Our True Policy in India 2e. India between Two Fires Part 3. Afghanistan 3a. Recent Journey in Afghanistan 3b. The Amir of Afghanistan