Intimate China

Klappentext Published in 1899! Little's book provides a vivid account of life in China at the end of the nineteenth century. Zusammenfassung Comprehensive and fascinating! this 1899 memoir of life in China is written with masterful detail. Determined to produce an accurate portrait of the country! Little describes everything from city life! Chinese morals! and the position of women to politics and foot binding! supplementing her work with a multitude of illustrations. Inhaltsverzeichnis First impressions; 1. On the Upper Yangtse; 2. A land journey; 3. Life in a Chinese city; 4. Hindrances and annoyances; 5. Current coin in China; 6. Footbinding; 7. Anti-footbinding; 8. The position of women; 9. Births, deaths, and marriages; 10. Chinese morals; 11. Superstitions; 12. Our missionaries; 13. Up-country shopping and up-country ways; 14. Soldiers; 15. Chinese students; 16. A father's advice to his son; 17. Buddhist monasteries; 18. A Chinese ordination; 19. The sacred mountain of Omi; 20. Chinese sentiment; 21. A summer trip to Chinese Tibet; 22. Arts and industries; 23. A little Peking pug; Affairs of State: Prelude: Part I. Getting to Peking; Part II. The Sights of Peking; 1. The Chinese Emperor's magnificence; 2. The Empress, the Emperor, and the audience; 3. Solidarity, co-operation, and imperial federation; 4. Beginnings of reform; 5. The coup d'état.

Product details

• Authors: Little Alicia E. Neva, Alicia E. Ne Little, Alicia E. Neva Little, Little Alicia E. Neva
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9781108014274
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01427-4
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Asia / China, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Asian History