Archibald John Little, Little Archibald John

Gleanings from Fifty Years in China

Herausgeber: Little, Alicia

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Produktbeschreibung

Published posthumously in 1910, this collection of essays provides a fascinating account of the Western experience of nineteenth-century China.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781108014083
• ISBN-10: 1108014089
• Artikelnr.: 30885319

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Editorial note
Part I. Trade and Politics: 1. Western China, its products and trade
2. British trade with China
3. Ex oriente lux
4. Two cities, London and Peking
5. The value of Tibet to England
6. The partition of China
7. How to register your trade mark
Part II. Travel: 8. The romance of Chinese travel
9. A new road
10. A Chinese sulphur bath
11. The new rapid and the arrival of the first steamer in Chungking
12. The dangers of the Upper Yangtse
13. Szechuan revisited
14. Yachting in the Chusan Archipelago
15. Retrospect of events in China
Part III. Drama and Legend: 16. The Chinese drama
17. Borrowing boots
18. Plot and counterplot
19. The rat's plaint
Part IV. Religion and Philosophy: 20. In a Buddhist monastery
21. Missionaries
22. Confucianism.