Old Highways in China

Klappentext The record of a Victorian woman missionary's travels through northern China, describing the everyday lives of Chinese women and girls. Zusammenfassung Old Highways in China (1884) records the Christian missionary Isabelle Williamson's travels through Shandong Province and Beijing! preaching the gospel to Chinese women. A fascinating and understudied figure in nineteenth-century women's writing! Williamson seeks to capture in this book the everyday work! play! rituals and stories of 'China's daughters'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Old highways; 2. Our first halting-place; 3. Rugged roads; 4. The Old Highway again; 5. Arrival at the city of Laichow-foo; 6. The town of Sa Hoh; 7. A genuine country fair; 8. Chinese ladies; 9. A grand archway in honour of a virtuous woman; 10. The city of Tsingehow-foo; 11. A Chinese bride; 12. Chinese marriages; 13. A religious festival, its inconveniences; 14. The outskirts of Chang San Hien; 15. Waterwheels; 16. Tsi-nan-foo in carnival time; 17. Classic China; 18. Tsow Hien, or the city of Mencius; 19. China's sorrow; 20. Chinese burial-grounds; 21. The Grand Canal; 22. The famine districts in Chih Li; 23. The banks of the T'sing ho; 24. How our 'walking map' turned out; 25. Peking.

Product details

• Authors: Williamson Isabelle, Isabelle Williamson, Williamson Isabelle
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2010
• EAN: 9781108015189
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01518-9
• No. of pages: 236
• 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