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1999. Asia, Exploration. Ohio University Press. Very good - fine cloth and dust jacket 253p.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 196 pages. 8.10x5.40x0.60 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's green cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price Clipped.The book has a Firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.This copy has NO previous names present.Contents remain clean internally and the dust-wrapper comes well protected in a cover sleeve.8vo 253pp First US Edition 1st Impression [1999].…

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Gr.-8°, gebunden. Zustand: Sehr gut. Auflage: Illustrated. 253 Seiten Fast wie neu mit minimalen Lagerspuren am Schutzumschlag. Innen einwandfrei. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 601.

Athens; Ohio University Press, 1999. 23,5x16 cm. xvi, (2), 253, (1 blank) pp. Illustrated. Publisher's cloth with printed dustjacket. Spine ends are slightly bumped. A fine copy. Treats travelers such as Robert Fortune, Archibald John Little, and Isabella Bird. Inscribed by the author to recipients unknown to us.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. pp. 271.

Zustand: New. Num Pages: 271 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; DN; DSB; HBG; HBJF; HBLL; JPQB; JPS; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 585. Weight in Grams: 612. . 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 271 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. Three men and three women: a plant collector, a merchant and his novelist wife, a military officer, and two famous women travelers went to China between the Opium War and the formal end of the opium trade, 1842-1907.&Uumlber den Autor.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Three men and three women: a plant collector, a merchant and his novelist wife, a military officer, and two famous women travelers went to China between the Opium War and the formal end of the opium trade, 1842-1907. Their range of perspectives, their acquaintance with one another and their similar scope of travel to Hong Kong, the treaty ports, and Sichuan lend intensity to their picture of China and the Western presence there. What the travelers record reveals is a continuity in the response of the West and China to each other. Susan Schoenbauer Thurin's study of these writings presents a rich tapestry of impressions, biases, and cultural perspectives that inform our own understanding of the Victorians and their views of the world outside their own. The strange mix of opium and missionaries, the aura of fabled 'Cathay' and its valuable trade items, the attraction and repulsion of the exotic otherness the travelers experience, reflect the political, religious, and racial views of their era, and explain the allure of the Orient that, in part, characterized their age. Victorian Travelers and the Opening of China, 1842-1907 is a remarkable look into the cultural past.…

Zustand: New. pp. 1880.

Zustand: New. pp. 1880.

Zustand: New. pp. 1880.

Zustand: New. pp. 1880.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. A collection of writings on travels undertaken in the Victorian era. The texts collected in these volumes show how 19th century travel literature served the interests of empire by promoting British political and economic values that translated into manufacturing goods. Num Pages: 1880 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. . . 2003. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Zustand: New. A collection of writings on travels undertaken in the Victorian era. The texts collected in these volumes show how 19th century travel literature served the interests of empire by promoting British political and economic values that translated into manufacturing goods. Num Pages: 1880 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. . . 2003. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1880 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.18 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1880 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.18 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1880 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.18 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1880 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.18 inches. In Stock.