From Peking to Mandalay - A Journey From North China to Burma Through Tibetan Ssuch uan Yunnan

Klappentext Published in 1908, this account of an epic journey across China offers a sympathetic and sensitive portrait of Chinese society. Zusammenfassung Colonial administrator and scholar Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874–1938) travelled widely in the Far East, and came to deeply appreciate Chinese culture. This 1908 account of a six-month journey across China to Burma is a valuable description of Chinese society at the beginning of the twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Publisher's note; 1. Introduction; 2. Peking to Ichang; 3. Ichang to Wan-hsien through the Yangtse gorges; 4. Wan-hsien to Ch'eng-tu; 5. Ch'eng-tu to Omei-hsien; 6. Mount Omei and Chinese Buddhism; 7. Mount Omei; 8. Omei-hsien to Tachienlu; 9. Tachienlu; 10. Tachienlu to Pa-u-rong, Yalung River; 11. Pa-u-rong to Muli; 12. Muli to Yung-ning; 13. Yung-ning to Li-chiang; 14. Li-chiang to Tali-fu; 15. Ethnology of the Chinese far west; 16. Tali-fu to Bhamo; 17. Bhamo to Mandalay; 18. Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; General index; Index of names.

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• Authors: Reginald Fleming Johnston
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.06.2012
• EAN: 9781108050494
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05049-4
• No. of pages: 544
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Travel > Travel guides > Asia; China, Myanmar, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, HISTORY / Asia / China, TRAVEL / Asia / Southeast, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, Classic Travel Writing, Myanmar (Burma), TRAVEL / Asia / East / China