Author: Caroline CourtauldPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Collins Illustrated Guide to Fujian
Author: Caroline CourtauldPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Collins Illustrated Guide to Guilin, Canton and Guangdong
Author: HarperCollins Publishers LimitedPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Whitaker's Book List
Author: Walford's Guide to Reference Material: Social and historical sciences, philosophy and religion
Author: Albert John WalfordPublisher: London : Library Association Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
This new edition of Volume II (last published in 1994) has been extensively expanded and revised in all areas. Fully updated, the new edition includes major changes and covers a span of topics from archaeology through medieval history to statistics. It includes philosophy, psychology, religion, social sciences, geography, biology and history. All areas have been completely updated with additional material in economics, business and management.
China Now
Author: Walford's Guide to Reference Material
Author: Marilyn MullayPublisher: Library Association Publishing (UK)
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Author: The Forbidden City
Author: May HoldsworthPublisher:
ISBN: 9781860640216
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
From 1405 until 1912, the occupant of the Dragon Throne determined the fate of China, and indeed of Asia. The Forbidden City was Imperial China's centre of power, and the world's most extravagant palace.
A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics
Author: Suzanne G. ValensteinPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0810911701
Category : Porcelain
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
The Hong Kong Story
Author: Caroline CourtauldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
This timely book chronicles the history of Hong Kong from its misty beginnings to the present day. The territory's unique and turbulent political and economic development form the backdrop to a still more compelling and human story. The essence of The Hong Kong Story is the interwoven sagas of the family dynasties and business houses - vital ingredients in transforming the barren rock' into a miracle city state. These families were by no means all British and Chinese: by the mid-nineteenth century Hong Kong was already a cosmopolitan city with a prominent American contingent. It is the collective spirit of these nationalities - grit, optimism, practicality, ruthlessness, generosity, resilience - that lies at the heart of modern Hong Kong's unique East-West chemistry. The book follows the waxing and waning fortunes of these dynasties and entrepreneurs through the convulsions of the Opium Wars, the collapse of imperial China, Japanese occupation, mass immigration, communist takeover in China, the Cultural Revolution, frequent booms and busts, and the approach of one country, two systems'. It a fascinating story of how human enterprise, rising above ethnic divides, has endowed a coastal enclave in Asia with not only unimaginable riches but a unique identity.