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Author : Archibald John Little
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108013857
An account of Archibald John Little's travels through the Szechuan province of China to the Tibetan border, published in 1901.
Author : Archibald John Little
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019990546
A travelogue detailing Little's journey from Mount Omi, a sacred place in China, to other parts of the country. This book provides a fascinating look at China as it was in the early 20th century, with descriptions of the landscape, people, and culture. A must-read for anyone interested in travel and adventure. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Archibald John Little
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-14
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0265284341
Excerpt from Mount Omi and Beyond: A Record of Travel on the Thibetan Border, With Map and Illustrations IN publishing an account of what might almost be called A Walking Tour on the Thibetan Border, I tender no addition to the records of geographical exploration, but simply a picture of China as it exists far removed from Western influence - a China which must ere long pass away as old Japan has done, though with slower steps. Many travellers have passed through the country on their way to and from Thibet, but few have lingered over the Chinese portion as we did, and none have travelled precisely the same route. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Archibald John Little
Publisher : Scholar's Choice
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1298085381
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Jill Neate
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0938567047
Long established as a standard reference work worldwide, this is a thorough bibliography of all mountaineering books that are of practical use to climbers or for reading pleasure or historical interest. Documenting more than 2000 books of mountaineering literature, it also includes nearly 900 climber's guidebooks, a sampling of more than 400 works of mountaineering fiction, plus journals and bibliographies.
Author : Reginald Fleming Sir Johnston
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : EAN:8596547320623
The journey of which an account is given in the following pages was not undertaken in the special interests of geographical or other science nor in the service of any Government. The author's chief object was to gratify a long-felt desire to visit those portions of the Chinese Empire which are least known to Europeans, and to acquire some knowledge of the various tribes subject to China that inhabit the wild regions of Chinese Tibet and north-western Yunnan. Though nearly every part of the Eighteen Provinces has in recent years been visited and described by European travelers, the author's route between Tachienlu and Li-chiang was one which—so far as he is aware—no British subject had ever traversed before him, and of which no description in book-form has hitherto appeared in any European language.
Author : Alicia E. Neve Little
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108013864
A detailed account of travels in nineteenth-century China from the British leader of the anti-foot-binding movement.
Author : Xiaofei Kang,Donald S. Sutton
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004319233
Xiaofei Kang and Donald Sutton examine a garrison city and a pilgrimage center in the Sino-Tibetan borderland, tracing the dynamic role of religion and ethnicity in state/society relations from the Ming founding through Communist revolution to the age of tourism.
Author : R. F. Johnston
Publisher : anboco
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783736406155
The journey of which an account is given in the following pages was not undertaken in the special interests of geographical or other science nor in the service of any Government. My chief object was to gratify a long-felt desire to visit those portions of the Chinese Empire which are least known to Europeans, and to acquire some knowledge of the various tribes subject to China that inhabit the wild regions of Chinese Tibet and north-western Yunnan. Though nearly every part of the Eighteen Provinces has in recent years been visited and described by European travellers, my route between Tachienlu and Li-chiang was one which—so far as I am aware—no British subject had ever traversed before me, and of which no description in book-form has hitherto appeared in any European language. From the ethnological point of view the Chinese Far West—to which the greater part of this book is devoted—is one of the most interesting regions in the world, and presents problems the solution of which would settle many of the vexed questions relating to the origin and inter-relations of the Asiatic peoples. As for its geographical interest, it may be sufficient to say here that the principalities of Chala and Muli contain what are probably the highest spots inhabited by man on the face of the globe, and that several of the passes crossed by my little caravan are loftier than the highest of the passes existing along the route traversed by the British expedition to Lhasa. My own contributions to geographical and ethnological lore are of the slenderest; but if I can persuade some of my readers that Tibetan Ssuch'uan and western Yunnan are worth visiting, be it only for the glory of their mountain scenery, I shall consider that my book has fulfilled the most useful purpose to which it aspires.
Author : Douglas Kerr,Julia Kuehn
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789622098459
Writings of travelers have shaped ideas about an evolving China, while preconceived ideas about China also shaped the way they saw the country. A Century of Travels in China explores the impressions of these writers on various themes, from Chinese cities and landscapes to the work of Europeans abroad. From the time of the first Opium War to the declaration of the People's Republic, China's history has been one of extraordinary change and stubborn continuities. At the same time, the country has beguiled, scared and puzzled people in the West. The Victorian public admired and imitated Chinese fashions, in furniture and design, gardens and clothing, while maintaining a generally negative idea of the Chinese empire as pagan, backward and cruel. In the first half of the twentieth century, the fascination continued. Most foreigners were aware that revolutionary changes were taking place in Chinese politics and society, yet most still knew very little about the country. But what about those few people from the English-speaking world who had first-hand experience of the place? What did they have to say about the "real" China? To answer this question, we have to turn to the travel accounts and memoirs of people who went to see for themselves, during China's most traumatic century. While this book represents the work of expert scholars, it is also accessible to non-specialists with an interest in travel writing and China, and care has been taken to explain the critical terms and ideas deployed in the essays from recent scholarship of the travel genre.
Author : Toronto Public Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39015033644991
Author : Reginald Fleming Johnston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1913
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108080330
An informed 1913 account of Mahayana Buddhism and monasticism by the British administrator and scholar who tutored China's last emperor.
Author : J. Scott-Keltie
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1785 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230270374
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Author : Isabella Lucy Bird,Isabella Bird
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781108013895
A work from 1899, praised as one of the most important English literary contributions on the subject of China.
Author : Janet Horowitz Murray,Myra Stark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315394923
The Englishwoman’s Review, which published from 1866 to 1910, participated in and recorded a great change in the range of possibilities open to women. The ideal of the magazine was the idea of the emerging emancipated middle-class woman: economic independence from men, choice of occupation, participation in the male enterprises of commerce and government, access to higher education, admittance to the male professions, particularly medicine, and, of course, the power of suffrage equal to that of men. First published in 1985, this fortieth volume contains issues from 1909 to 1910. With an informative introduction by Janet Horowitz Murray and Myra Stark, and an index compiled by Anna Clark, this set is an invaluable resource to those studying nineteenth and early twentieth-century feminism and the women’s movement in Britain.