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Book Temple Bells and Silver Sails

Download or read book Temple Bells and Silver Sails written by Elizabeth Crump Enders and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The American Review of Reviews

Download or read book The American Review of Reviews written by Albert Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin of the Library Company of Philadelphia

Download or read book Bulletin of the Library Company of Philadelphia written by Library Company of Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog of Copyright Entries  New Series

Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries New Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1926 with total page 2236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part 1, Books, Group 1, v. 22 : Nos. 1-131 (Issued April, 1925 - April, 1926)

Book The Atlantic Monthly

Download or read book The Atlantic Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Religious Education

Download or read book Religious Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available on microfilm from University Microfilms.

Book World Friendship

Download or read book World Friendship written by Evaline Dowling and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog of Books on China in the Essex Institute  Compiled by Louise Marion Taylor

Download or read book Catalog of Books on China in the Essex Institute Compiled by Louise Marion Taylor written by Essex Institute. Library and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Worcester Library Bulletin

    Book Details:
  • Author : Free Public Library (Worcester, Mass.)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1924
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 298 pages

Download or read book Worcester Library Bulletin written by Free Public Library (Worcester, Mass.) and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Yangtze Patrol

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kemp Tolley
  • Publisher : Naval Institute Press
  • Release : 2013-01-15
  • ISBN : 1612511996
  • Pages : 279 pages

Download or read book Yangtze Patrol written by Kemp Tolley and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Navy's patrol of the Yangtze River began in 1854 when the USS Susquehanna was sent to China to safeguard increasing American commerce in the region. As Kemp Tolley explains in this entertaining history of the patrol in which he was to later serve, the presence of gunboats along the river greatly benefited the integrity of the shoreline factories. Tolley was a young naval officer in the 1930s when assigned gunboat duty, first in the Mindanao, then in the Tutuila, and finally the Wake in August 1941. His colorful description of life as a ""river rat"" is filled with anecdotes about the resourceful and high-spirited sailors who manned the old riverboats in that distant land. In the process of telling their story he covers a century of Chinese history, replete with warlords and mandarins, bandits and kidnappers, missionaries and mercenaries, riots and revolution. He presents a knowledgeable summary of the political situation in China up to World War II, including the bombing of the Panay, the siege of Shanghai, and the Nanking incident. Far more than a routine account of naval operations on the great Yangtze, this book is an unforgettable reading experience that has attracted readers since 1971 when it was first published in hardcover.

Book The Metropolitan Library Record

Download or read book The Metropolitan Library Record written by Peking National Library and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Science on the March

Download or read book Science on the March written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Monthly Bulletin

Download or read book Monthly Bulletin written by Carnegie Free Library (Allegheny, Pa.) and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Asian Crossings

    Book Details:
  • Author : Steve Clark
  • Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
  • Release : 2008-07-01
  • ISBN : 9622099149
  • Pages : 289 pages

Download or read book Asian Crossings written by Steve Clark and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourteen chapters in this book examine various topics and contexts of travel writings on China, Japan and Southeast Asia. From the first Colombian on a trade mission to China, to French women travellers in Asia, and the opening of "Japan Fairs" in the US during the latter half of the nineteenth century, this book offers a kaleidoscopic glimpse of the various cultures in the eyes of their beholders coupled with insightful understanding of the various politics and relationships that are involved. While this book will appeal to expert scholars and students of travel literature and Asian studies, as well as those working on cultural studies, general readers will also find it an interesting and accessible addition to their collections.

Book Hobbies

Download or read book Hobbies written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report of the Essex Institute

Download or read book Annual Report of the Essex Institute written by Essex Institute and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Exotic Commodities

    Book Details:
  • Author : Frank Dikötter
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 2007-03-27
  • ISBN : 9780231511872
  • Pages : 412 pages

Download or read book Exotic Commodities written by Frank Dikötter and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-27 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exotic Commodities is the first book to chart the consumption and spread of foreign goods in China from the mid-nineteenth century to the advent of communism in 1949. Richly illustrated and revealing, this volume recounts how exotic commodities were acquired and adapted in a country commonly believed to have remained "hostile toward alien things" during the industrial era. China was not immune to global trends that prized the modern goods of "civilized" nations. Foreign imports were enthusiastically embraced by both the upper and lower classes and rapidly woven into the fabric of everyday life, often in inventive ways. Scarves, skirts, blouses, and corsets were combined with traditional garments to create strikingly original fashions. Industrially produced rice, sugar, wheat, and canned food revolutionized local cuisine, and mass produced mirrors were hung on doorframes to ward off malignant spirits. Frank Dikötter argues that ordinary people were the least inhibited in acquiring these products and therefore the most instrumental in changing the material culture of China. Landscape paintings, door leaves, and calligraphy scrolls were happily mixed with kitschy oil paintings and modern advertisements. Old and new interacted in ways that might have seemed incongruous to outsiders but were perfectly harmonious to local people. This pragmatic attitude would eventually lead to China's own mass production and export of cheap, modern goods, which today can be found all over the world. The nature of this history raises the question, which Dikötter pursues in his conclusion: If the key to surviving in a fast-changing world is the ability to innovate, could China be more in tune with modernity than Europe?