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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
October 2010
Print publication year:
2010
First published in:
1905
Online ISBN:
9780511709210
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511709210
Subjects:
Geography: General Interest, East Asian History, Area Studies, Geography, Historical Geography, Regional and World History: General Interest, Asian Studies, History
Series:
Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
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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.

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