In the land of pagodas : a classic account of travel in Hong Kong, Macao, Shanghai, Hubei, Hunan and...
In the land of pagodas : a classic account of travel in Hong Kong, Macao, Shanghai, Hubei, Hunan and...
In the land of pagodas : a classic account of travel in Hong Kong, Macao, Shanghai, Hubei, Hunan and Guizhou / Alfred Raquez ; edited and translated by William L. Gibson and Paul Bruthiaux.
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Publisher
Copenhagen, Denmark : NIAS Press, 2017.
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G 2017/2611
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Language
English
French
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Physical Description
Physical content
xxxiv, 494 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Publication information
Publisher
Copenhagen, Denmark : NIAS Press, 2017.
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
China, 1898: a time of war, intrigue and growing foreign power. Onto the scene comes a Parisian fugitive with a gifted pen and a journalist's eye. Alfred Raquez drifts from Indochina to Hong Kong, Macao and Canton before falling in with a group of shady entrepreneurs in Shanghai with interests far up the Yuan River. In short order, Raquez sets off...
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Full title
In the land of pagodas : a classic account of travel in Hong Kong, Macao, Shanghai, Hubei, Hunan and Guizhou / Alfred Raquez ; edited and translated by William L. Gibson and Paul Bruthiaux.
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Exploring Asia, #1
Translation of "Au Pays des Pagodes: Notes de Voyage, Hongkong, Macao, Shanghai, Le Houpé, Le Hounan, Le Kouei-Tchéou"
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Translated from the French.
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G 2017/2611
Record Identifier
74VKVLMEKg8b
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ISBN
9788776942021
9788776942014
8776942015
8776942023
DDC
915.1043
MMS ID
991024107818402626
