The Far East
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The Far East
(Cambridge library collection, . Travel and exploration)
Cambridge University Press, 2010
- : pbk
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes index
Originally published: Clarendon Press , 1905
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Written by one of the most prolific writers on China at the turn of the century, this 1905 publication was intended as a guide for travellers rather than as a scientific study of Asian landscape and culture. Little, a well-known merchant and traveller, spent fifty years of his life exploring the Orient. The book is structured with a chapter dedicated to each region of China and the 'Dependencies' (Manchuria, Mongolia, Turkestan, Tibet, Indo-China and Korea), as well as Siam and Japan. Little proves himself a shrewd observer of both landscape and peoples, and the content of his work is wonderfully detailed. He manages to encompass a wide range of subjects into his survey, including natural resources, the development of railways, trade routes and meteorology, as well as a history of the land mass and populations. The book is supplemented with several maps and illustrations.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Editorial note
- 1. Definition
- 2. The central kingdom: China
- 3. The northern basin. The Yellow River
- 4. The middle basin: Part I. The Yangtse River
- 5. The middle basin: Part II. The province of Szechuan
- 6. The middle basin: Part III. The Chengtu Plateau
- 7. The middle basin: Part IV. The lower Yangtse provinces
- 8. The intermediate provinces
- 9. The southern basin. Yunnan to Canton
- 10. The dependencies: Part I. Manchuria
- 11. The dependencies: Part II. Mongolia
- 12. The dependencies: Part III. Turkestan
- 13. The dependencies: Part IV. Tibet
- 14. Whilom dependencies: Part I. Indo-China
- 15. Whilom dependencies: Part II. Corea
- 16. The buffer kingdom: Siam
- 17. The island empire: Japan
- Index.
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