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Autore |
Jackson Bill |
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Titolo |
The Corporal and the Celestials [[electronic resource]] |
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Belfast, : Ulster Historical Foundation, 2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East |
History & Archaeology |
East Asia |
China Description and travel |
China History 1861-1912 Pictorial works |
China History 1861-1912 |
China Civilization 20th century |
Beijing (China) Description and travel |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Corporal and the Celestials: in north China with the 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1909-1912; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Historical introduction; Prelude; Crete; Malta; 1 Voyage From Malta to China, September to November 1909; Suez Canal; The Red Sea; Indian Ocean; Ceylon; The Straits of Malacca; Singapore; The China Seas; Hong Kong; The China Coast; 2 The Battalion in north China; Sports; An unusual route march; 3 Tientsin; The Concessions; The Native City; 4 Peking; The City Walls; The Foreign Legations; The Tartar City; The Imperial City |
The Forbidden CityThe Temple of Heaven; Ascending the throne; Other temples and sights of Peking; 5 Manners and customs of the Chinese; Government; Education; Pidgin English; 6 The great sights of China; The Imperial Summer Palace; The Peking to Kalgan Railway and the Great Wall of China; The Ming Tombs; 7 Eventful times; Summer Camp; Revolution; On detachment in Wei-Hai-Wei; Departure; Postscript; General index of English terms; Index of Chinese proper names |
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The Corporal and the Celestials publishes for the first time a truly absorbing collection of photographs of China in the early years of the twentieth century, taken by a young corporal of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, James Hutchinson, when stationed there from 1909. |
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