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...Denis Sinor The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia . BY Rene Grousset . New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press , 1970 . xxx, 542 pp. Notes, Index. $17.50 Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1971 1971 1 Introduction à l'histoire de l'Asie...

...Jon Carter Covell 1 Minor factual inaccuracies occur, due to Grousset's unfamiliarity with the latest researches published by Japanese scholars and not available in Western languages at the time of his writing (1930). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1942 1942...

...C. R. Bawden Conqueror of the World. The Life of Chingis-Khan . By René Grousset . Translated by Marian McKellar and Denis Sinor . With preface notes and bibliography by Denis Sinor. New York : The Orion Press , 1966 . xvii, 300 pp. Bibliography, Maps. $6.95. Copyright ©...

...Louise Wallace Hackney 1 The four volume set of Grousset's Civilizations of the East (New York: Knopf, 1941) it obtainable for $10.00. The third arid fourth volumes on China and Japan are reviewed here. Volumes one and two on Near and Middle East and India will not be reviewed...

... the first appearance of Grousset's book the Secret History has been exploited by other writers, notably by Michael de Ferdinandy, but none has treated it with the restrained objectivity of Grousset who was always careful to avoid the trap of reading more into his sources than was actually there. Grousset's...

... There are, however, two or three features which Grousset might have adopted from Prawdin, such as a list of dramatis personae , a bibliography, and above all an index. 2 Moule in his review of Carter's book in the JRAS (1926), pp. 140–148 wrote that he was unable to find the original text...

...Arthur W. Hummel The Rise and Splendour of the Chinese Empire . By René Grousset . Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press , 1953 . 312 . $6.00. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1953 1953 86 FAR EASTERN QUARTERLY In this connection, many problems...

.... ENTNER University of Florida Conqueror of the World. The Life of ChingisKhan. BY RENE GROUSSET. Translated by Marian McKellar and Denis Sinor. With preface notes and bibliography by Denis Sinor. New York: The Orion Press, 1966. xvii, 300 pp. Bibliography, Maps. $6.95. Undoubtedly, Chingis Khan is the one...

..., 1979. xv, 352 pp. Illustrations, Maps, Appendixes, Notes, Selected Bibliography, Index. $18. Grousset's L'Empire des steppes (Paris: Payot, 1939) has long been the standard introduction to the history and culture of Central Asia. Although a classic and still useful work, it is now some forty years old...

.... MICHAEL A. WEININGER California State University, Sacramento Imperial Nomads: A History of Central Asia, 500-1500. By Luc KWANTEN. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1979. xv, 352 pp. Illustrations, Maps, Appendixes, Notes, Selected Bibliography, Index. $18. Grousset's L'Empire des steppes...

... who do not even read French! Grousset's own bibliographical references not always precise have further deteriorated in the translation. Thus, e.g., Grousset's shortened reference to Marquart's "Skizzen zur geschichtlichen Volkerkunde von Mittelasien" becomes "Skizzen zur geschichtlichen Volkerkunde...

... not for his father Činggis but for his elder brother Ögedei. This passage is doubtless of Qubilaid inspiration, like Cinggis's alleged designation of Qubilai as his eventual successor (Sayang Secen, 105; Vladimirtsov, Gengis Khan , French edition, Historical Introduction by Grousset, XIIIf.). 348 FAR...

...; vol. 18, annual. fasc. 1-2. 1954-1955. Ascona, Switzerland. Far Eastern economic review, vol. 18-19. Arts asiatiques. 1.1, fasc 3-4; t. 2, fasc. 1-3. 1955. Hong Kong, weekly. 1944-55. Paris, t. 1, fasc. 4: "Hommage a Far Eastern quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2-5; vol. Rend Grousset," with a bibliography...

..., and China: Fox, 189; Friedman, 408; Kiernan, 406 Grousset, Ren£, The civilizations of the East, China, 397; The civilizations of the East, Japan, 398 Fairbank, J. K., Tributary Trade and China's Relations with the West, 129; review of Ta-chung chi, 79 and S. Y. Teng, On the Ch'ing tributary system, 191 Far...

... . 1998 . Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire . New York : Henry Holt . Grousset René . 1996 . The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia . Translated by Walford Naomi . Reprint, New York : Barnes and Noble . Begam Gulbadan . 1902 . The History...

...), Siren (1929- ), Kiimmel (1930), Grousset (1934), Ashton and Gray (1935), and others have with varying degrees of success summarized our advancing knowledge in each decade. This latest book, by Dr. Ludwig Bachhofer, a professor of art at the University of Chicago, does not meet these expectations...

...-105, 115-117; A. Bernhardi and E. von Zach, "T'ao Yuan-ming," MSOS 18 (1918). 189-228; A. R. Davis, "Allusion in T'ao Yuan-ming," AM N.S. 5 (1955-56). 37-42. a. JL GLOSSARY ce. h. » k. The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia. BY RENE GROUSSET. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press...

... of the Chinese Empire. By RENE GROUSSET. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1953. 312. $6.00. As the title suggests, this work is a history of Chinese civilization with special emphasis on cultural achievements. The narrative starts around 1400 B. C. and ends about 1912, or earlier...

... to the nonHan-Chinese peoples of South China and in the perspective of historical and cultural geography. By HEROLD J. WIENS. Hamden, Conn.: The Shoe String Press, 1954. xv, 441. References, Index. $7.50. It is well to be reminded now and then, by the late Rene Grousset for example, and now by Mr. Wiens...

... and Splendour of the Chinese Empire. By RENE GROUSSET. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1958. 312. $1.95 (paper). From a Chinese City. By GONTRAN DE PONCINS. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1957. 256. $5.00. Too Teh King by Lao Tzu. Interpreted as Nature and Intelligence. By ARCHIE J...