The Far East
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The Far East
（Cambridge library collection, . Travel and exploration）
Cambridge University Press, 2010
- : pbk
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Includes index
Originally published: Clarendon Press , 1905
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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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