Alexander Williamson

Journeys in North China, Manchuria, and Eastern Mongolia

With Some Account of Corea

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This two-volume travelogue, first published in 1870, records the observations of the Scottish missionary Alexander Williamson (1829-90).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 482
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 674g
• ISBN-13: 9781108045728
• ISBN-10: 1108045723
• Artikelnr.: 37453328

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introductory observations bearing on the present and future of China
2. Barriers in the way of progress in China
3. Moral forces in China
4. Receptivity of the Chinese
5. The country and its government
6. Civilization and means of intercommunication
7. Province of Shan-Tung
8. Province of Chih-Li
9. The Province of Shan-Si
10. Provinces of Shen-Si, Kan-Su, and Honan
11. The terrace deposits in North China
12. Journey round the Shan-Tung promontory
13. From Peking to Che-Foo via Grand Canal, and the country of Confucius and Mencius
14. Journey through the provinces of Chih-Li, Shan-Si, and a portion of Shen-Si and Honan
15. Journey through Chih-Li, Shan-Si, etc. continued
16. Journey through Chih-Li, Shan-Si, etc. continued
17. Journey through Chih-Li, Shan-Si, etc. continued
18. Journey through Chih-Li, Shan-Si, etc. continued
19. Journey through the southern and central portions of Shan-Tung.