The Far East

Detailed and comprehensive, this 1905 guide for travellers provides a fascinating insight into Asiatic culture and landscape.

Archibald John Little (Author)

9781108013871, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 24 June 2010

388 pages, 3 b/w illus. 9 maps
21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.49 kg

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.

Preface
Editorial note
1. Definition
2. The central kingdom: China
3. The northern basin. The Yellow River
4. The middle basin: Part I. The Yangtse River
5. The middle basin: Part II. The province of Szechuan
6. The middle basin: Part III. The Chengtu Plateau
7. The middle basin: Part IV. The lower Yangtse provinces
8. The intermediate provinces
9. The southern basin. Yunnan to Canton
10. The dependencies: Part I. Manchuria
11. The dependencies: Part II. Mongolia
12. The dependencies: Part III. Turkestan
13. The dependencies: Part IV. Tibet
14. Whilom dependencies: Part I. Indo-China
15. Whilom dependencies: Part II. Corea
16. The buffer kingdom: Siam
17. The island empire: Japan
Index.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]