In the Land of Pagodas: A Classic Account of Travel in Hong Kong, Macao, Shanghai, Hubei, Hunan and Guizhou

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Author(s): Alfred Raquez, William L. Gibson, Paul Bruthiaux
Series: Exploring Asia
Publisher: NIAS Press
Year: 2017

Language: English
Pages: 521
Tags: China, Chinese History

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
1. From Hong Kong to Canton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. Canton and its Trades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3. Here and There in Canton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4. Canton’s Pagodas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5. Canton – The Port and the River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6. Macao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
7. Hong Kong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
8. Shanghai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
9. Shanghai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
10. Shanghai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
11. Shanghai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
12. Shanghai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264
13. The Yangtze River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
14. Across Hunan on the Yuan River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
15. On the Yuan River – Hunan: From Changde to the Border .331
16. Guizhou - Qingxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
17. Guizhou – The Mercury Mines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394
18. Across Guizhou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408
19. Guiyang-fu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422
20. Across Guizhou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436
21. The Yuan River – The Canals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457
22. The Yangtze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468
Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488