Isabella Bird

Korea and her Neighbours - Volume 1

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Indefatigable traveller Isabella Bird visited Korea at a time of increasing foreign influence, and published her observations in 1898.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781108045759
• ISBN-10: 1108045758
• Artikelnr.: 35210097

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introductory chapter
1. First impressions of Korea
2. First impressions of the capital
3. The Kur-Dong
4. Things in Seoul
5. An outfit. A Korean sampan
6. The Han and its neighbourhood
7. The Han and its people
8. Natural beauty. The rapids
9. Korean marriage customs
10. The Korean pony. Korean roads and inns
11. The monasteries of the Diamond Mountain
12. From Chang-An Sa to Wön-San
13. Impending war. Excitement at Chemulpo
14. Newchwang. Manchuria
15. A Manchurian deluge. Muk-Den
16. Muk-Den
17. Excitement at Muk-Den
18. Nagasaki. Wladivostok.