Middle Kingdom 2 Vol Set

ISBN-13: 9780710311672 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 256 str.

S. Wells Williams; Angela Williams

Opis

This work by S. Wells Williams is a complete look at the Chinese Empire during the mid-nineteenth century. Subjects include the divisions of the Empire, geographical descriptions, religion and art, literature, the second war between Great Britain and China and Chinese social life.

Spis treści

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME II, CHAPTER XV. INDUSTRIAL ARTS OF THE CHINESE, CHAPTER XVI. SCIENCE AMONG THE CHINESE, CHAPTER XVII. HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY OF CHINA, CHAPTER XVIII. RELIGION OF THE CHINESE, CHAPTER XIX. CHRISTIAN MISSIONS AMONG THE CHINESE, CHAPTER XX. COMMERCE OF THE CHINESE, CHAPTER XXI. FOREIGN INTERCOURSE WITH CHINA, CHAPTER XXII. ORIGIN OF THE FIRST WAR WITH ENGLAND, CHAPTER XXIII. PROGRESS AND RESULTS OF THE FIRST WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND CHINA, CHAPTER XXIV. THE TAI-PING REBELLION, CHAPTER XXV. THE SECOND WAR BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA, CHAPTER XXVI. NARRATIVES OF RECENT EVENTS IN CHINA, Index

O autorze

Samuel Wells Williams