Susan Whitfield

Life along the Silk Road

Second Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers a portrait of life along the great pre-modern trade routes of Eurasia. This edition tells about the history about this road to reconstruct the route through the personal experiences of travelers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of California Press
• 2nd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 149mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780520280595
• ISBN-10: 0520280598
• Artikelnr.: 42024438

Autorenporträt

Susan Whitfield runs the International Dunhuang Project at the British Library, which provides online access to hundreds of thousands of manuscripts, paintings, and archaeological artifacts from the eastern Silk Road. The author of numerous books and articles on the Silk Road and China, Whitfield travels widely in the region and curates relevant exhibitions. She lectures and teaches worldwide.

Rezensionen

The cast reads like something out of The Canterbury Tales. Brings to life the history and also the great variety of people, languages, religions, interests, and behaviors along the most remarkable of migratory routes. Sunday Times (UK)