Walter Henry Medhurst, Medhurst Walter Henry

The Foreigner in Far Cathay

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9781108014687
• ISBN-10: 1108014682
• Artikelnr.: 30367680

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introductory
2. Position of foreigners in China
3. Character and habits of foreign residents in China
4. Missionaries in China
5. Consuls and customs authorities, etc.
6. Customs of the Chinese. Shop signs
7. Advertising in China
8. Mandarin Yamens in China
9. Opium smoking
10. Infanticide
11. Eating and drinking in China
12. Chinese social institutions
13. Correspondence and the press
14. Modes of sepulture
15. Use of the written character for decoration
16. Chinese proper names
17. Travelling and porterage in China
18. The character of the Chinese
19. Concluding remarks
Appendix.