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Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. [xiii], 276 p., 3 plates of map. Contents: ABSTRACT. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. INTRODUCTION TO THE SOURCES. CHAPTER 1: TURKMENIA, THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE. CHAPTER 2: EARLY HISTORY OF THE TURKMENS UP TO 1800. CHAPTER 3: THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLlTICAL STRUCTURE OF THE TURKMEN SOCIETY. CHAPTER 4: HISTORY OF THE TURKMENS FROM 1800 TO 1860: THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE. CHAPTER 5: HISTORY OF THE TURKMENS FROM 1860 TO 1860: ENJOYMENT OF SHORT-LlVED INDEPENDENCE. CHAPTER 6: RUSSIA'S ADVANCE IN TURKMENIA: THE TURKMENS LOOK FOR PROTECTION AGAINST THE INVADING RUSSIANS. CHAPTER 7: THE BRITISH REACTION TO THE RUSSIAN AD V AN CE IN TURKMENIA. CHAPTER 8: THE TURKMEN DEBATE ON THE DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY. CHAPTER 9: THE RUSSIAN EXPETITION TO TURKENIA IN 1879: THE TURKMENS DEFEND THEMSELVES AT GÖK-TEPE. CHAPTER 10: THE TURKMENS, RUSSIA AND BRITAIN AFTER THE RUSSIAN RETREAT FROM GÖKTEPE. CHAPTER 11: THE SECOND RUSSIAN EXPEDITION TO TURKMENIA IN 1880-1881; AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE TURKMEN DEFENCE AT GÖK-TEPE. CHAPTER 12: THE RUSSIANS ESTABLISH CONTROL OVER MERV BY INTRIGUES AND PRESSURE; THE END OF THE TURKMEN INDEPENDENCE. CONCLUSION. BIBLIOGRAPHY. INDEX.