Edwin George Pulleyblank (Ted) was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in 1922, the son of W. G. E. Pulleyblank, a much respected high school teacher. He developed a strong interest in languages while still in high school and specialized in Greek and Latin Classics at the University of Alberta, where he graduated in 1942. During the Second World War he was engaged in intelligence...(展开全部)

Edwin George Pulleyblank (Ted) was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in 1922, the son of W. G. E. Pulleyblank, a much respected high school teacher. He developed a strong interest in languages while still in high school and specialized in Greek and Latin Classics at the University of Alberta, where he graduated in 1942. During the Second World War he was engaged in intelligence...(展开全部)

A collection of papers on the history of Christianity along the Silk Road and in pre-modern China, pushing back the frontier of knowledge in a fast developing new area of research. The diffusion of Christianity along the Silk Road from Iraq and Iran to China in the premodern era has attracted scholarly attention in the West since the discovery of the famous Xian (Nestorian) Mon...(展开全部)

Intermarriage and the Friendship of Peoples examines the racialization of identities and its impact on mixed couples and families in Soviet Central Asia. In marked contrast to its Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union celebrated mixed marriages among its diverse ethnic groups as a sign of the unbreakable friendship of peoples and the imminent emergence of a single "Soviet people." ...(展开全部)

This book explores the Central Asian element in the formation of the civilization of Mughal India, focusing on the 16th and 17th centuries. The culture of the Mughal Empire is seen to be a composite of indigenous and foreign elements, many of which originated, like the Mughal rulers themselves, in Central Asia.

This book explores the Central Asian element in the formation of the civilization of Mughal India, focusing on the 16th and 17th centuries. The culture of the Mughal Empire is seen to be a composite of indigenous and foreign elements, many of which originated, like the Mughal rulers themselves, in Central Asia.