{"product_id":"the-land-of-the-blue-gown-paperback-9781108013864","title":"The Land of the Blue Gown (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108013864","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Land of the Blue Gown\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA detailed account of travels in nineteenth-century China from the British leader of the anti-foot-binding movement.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlicia E. Neve Little (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108013864, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 June 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e396 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn the Land of the Blue Gown, first published in 1908, is a thorough and descriptive non-fiction work by Mrs Archibald Little. Born in 1845, she became best known for her travel writing and for her campaign against the Chinese custom of foot-binding. Mrs Little travelled widely both alone and with her husband, Archibald (1838–1909), and eventually settled in the Sichuan province of China. She admired many aspects of Chinese culture, but made it her life's work to become a vigorous leader of the anti-foot-binding movement. This book paints a marvellously descriptive account of her travels to Beijing and remoter parts, and describes her views on the culture, scenery, customs, religion, and much more. The book is extensively illustrated throughout, and also includes a chapter on her 'anti-foot-binding tour'. Other books by Mrs Little and her husband are also reissued in this series.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. My first visit to Peking: before the Siege\u003cbr\u003e 2. Pilot town: Taku\u003cbr\u003e 3. August in Chefoo\u003cbr\u003e 4. On the walls of Shanghai City\u003cbr\u003e 5. Inside Shanghai City\u003cbr\u003e 6. Into the Chinese Country\u003cbr\u003e 7. April near Ningpo\u003cbr\u003e 8. September in Wuhu\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Dragon King's cavern and dome: Ichang\u003cbr\u003e 10. Fengtu: the Chinese Hades\u003cbr\u003e 11. Cheap missionaries\u003cbr\u003e 12. Life on a farmstead: fifteen hundred miles inside China\u003cbr\u003e 13. Anti-foreign riots in western China\u003cbr\u003e 14. Further alarms of riots\u003cbr\u003e 15. 'Bad' Wentang\u003cbr\u003e 16. Little known border tribes\u003cbr\u003e 17. Table decorations\u003cbr\u003e 18. What are missionaries doing?\u003cbr\u003e 19. Part I. An anti-footbinding tour to Hankow, Wuchang, Han-Yang, Canton and Hong-Kong\u003cbr\u003e 19. Part II. To Macao, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Hangchow and Soochow.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913212191000,"sku":"9781108013864","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108013864i_6a2f8ae5-4b07-409a-b862-c191959d3458.jpg?v=1694869285","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-land-of-the-blue-gown-paperback-9781108013864","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}