Return to Kashgar. Central Asian Memoirs in the Present. Translated from the Swedish by Eva Claeson by Jarring, Gunnar - 1986

Durham N.C.: Duke University Press , 1986. Book. NF. Hardcover. First US edition. xviii, 258pp, map, numerous monochrome illustrations from photographs plus facsimiles of documents, glossary of Central Asian terms, bibliography of author's published writings, index.. 8vo/22cm. Cloth NF/NF. Memoir by the distinguished former Swedish ambassador to the US and the UN and long-time scholar of Central Asia languages comparing two visits to Sinkiang/Eastern Turkistan in 1929-30 and in 1978, fifty years apart. A translation of Ater till Kashgar, Stockholm, 1979, Dr. Jarring (1907- 2002) added a postscript in 1985 to this first volume in Duke University's Central Asian Book Series. The series is edited by Edward Allworth, Emeritus Profess of Turco-Soviet Studies at Columbia University, formerly Director of its Center for the Study of Central Asia, who has added an introductory note..